All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930 - ★★★★

Professor Kantorek: A lad who sat before me on these very benches, who gave up all to serve in the first year of the war. One of the iron youth who have made Germany invincible in the field! Look at him. Sturdy and bronze and clear-eyed! The kind of soldier every one of you should envy! Paul, lad, you must speak to them. You must tell them what it means to serve your fatherland.

Paul Bäumer: No no, I can't tell them anything.

Professor: You must, Paul. Just a word. Just tell them how much they're needed out there. Tell them why you went, and what it meant to you.

Paul: I can't say anything.

Professor: If you remember some deed of heroism, some touch of humility, tell about it.

[encouraging murmurs from the students] 

Paul: I can't tell you anything you don't know. We live in the...

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