One film reigned supreme in the nominations for the Baftas this week, and surprisingly it wasn’t one of the established awards season frontrunners. Instead of Spielberg’s The Fabelmans or the much admired Tár, the film that hoovered up most of the nominations was the largely unfancied All Quiet On the Western Front.
Backed by Netflix, Edward Berger’s film is the first German adaptation of the classic anti-war novel, and has received glowing reviews for its depiction of the senseless brutality of the first world war. Still, as admired as it was, few would have predicted its dominance at the Baftas, where it tied Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s all-time record for nominations – for any film, not just those not in English.
