The horrors of the war are depicted in a brutally realistic fashion. The fact that this stuff actually happened should be enough to terrify anyone. There are descriptions of gas attacks and soldiers suffering from injuries, such as their faces being blown off. And then there's the fact that your friends could die any day....
There's a brief scene where a hospitalized soldier attempts suicide by shoving a fork into his chest, around where his heart is. Since he hasn't got enough strength to drive it deep enough, he proceeds to take a boot and use it as an impromptu hammer. Fortunately, he is restrained before he can damage himself too badly.
In one of the military hospitals, the head surgeon uses soldiers as lab rats for his dubious orthopedic surgery experiments. He uses his senior rank to intimidate soldiers with relatively minor injuries to have their flat feet "corrected" in addition, leaving them crippled for life.
There's a brief scene during the French Charge where two soldiers get shot and fall into a crater. This is immediately followed up by a shell landing on top of them, spraying bloody gibs everywhere. Worst of all, Paul notices this, and is pretty disturbed by it.
And just when you thought the worst was over, a French soldier reaches the German trench, another shell blows him up... and the ringing scream of the explosion is made worse by his bloody hand stumps gripping the wire. Paul promptly squicks out and actually pauses aiming and firing for a moment to close his eyes in disgust.
The final shot: After Paul dies from his wound, the picture cuts immediately to the early scene of the Second Company arriving on the battlefield, this time imposed over an image of a graveyard. Then it fades to "The End." All in total silence.
The main theme, "Remains". Amidst a very peaceful sounding orchestra, out of nowhere comes three harmonium noises, sounding futuristic and industrial. They repeat several times, and after every repetition comes rhythmic ticking noises, as if to simulate an industry- this is due to Volker Bertelmann's intent to highlight war as an industry. It is especially terrifying in the scene where the tanks show up.
The entirety of the tank attack. When the French tanks reach the trench line, they start rolling over the trenches. Some men aren't so lucky though; the tank gets into the trench, and several German soldiers are crushed, screaming, under its treads.
Near the end of the attack, there's a scene of four German soldiers trying to surrender to the advancing French troops. One of them desperately pleads with the French not to shoot them, only for the soldiers to gun them down; he gets a couple more moments of life before another sets him alight with a flamethrower, leaving him to stagger about while on fire and shrieking in pain before finally dying. And all of this plays out before Paul, who can do nothing but helplessly watch.
Alternative Title(s):All Quiet On The Western Front 1930, All Quiet On The Western Front 2022
where two soldiers get shot and fall into a crater. This is immediately followed up by a shell landing on top of them, spraying bloody gibs everywhere. Worst of all, Paul notices this, and is pretty disturbed by it.