The Most Disturbing Black & White Movie Ever Made

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The fact that a nearly 100 year old movie has copyright issues is insane to me

“One death is a tragedy, six million is a statistic.” I feel like that quote really speaks to how we as a people tend to look back on wars.

Having WWI veterans basically recreate something traumatizing from their past was probably really weird. My great great grandfather faught in the trenches and whenever my grandfather asked him about anything related to WWI and the trenches, he’d get scary PTSD attacks and start hyperventilating. If someone’s trauma was triggered by even mentioning, I can’t imagine filming a movie about it.

This left out one of the most horrifying scenes from the book. A ton of horses get hit with artillery and just sit there screaming as they start kicking, getting wrapped in their own intestines, tying themselves in their own guts. That scene in the book has stuck with me for many years

"If it weren't for these uniforms we could have been friends you and I"...dude I'm actually starting to cry. What a powerful line. That whole scene makes me sick to my stomach

Soldier: having a mental breakdown Wendigoon: ☕️🗿

the fact that Wendigoon was basically forced to be a reaction youtuber just to put this video out shows how much Youtube caters to reaction channels

49:57 The fact that Paul’s death is offscreen and we only have his hand to show he died is soooo so much better than showing Paul die onscreen. To that sniper, Paul was just another German enemy to take care of. And on top of that, that hand could belong to any soldier (although we know it’s Paul), making him just another faceless casualty in a war he didn’t want. And that applies for all the soldiers; they’re just another casualty, another note to send to another family, another grave to dig, another hospital bed to empty and fill, another tick mark added to the death toll. 😭

The thought of stabbing someone then spending hours with that person while he dies is so haunting and sad. I couldn't imagine anything more horrific or sad.

I like how Wendigoon says "he's so funny" and "this is highly entertaining" with a huge smile and in the clip he just continues to casually munch on hummus with no sight of entertainment on his face

As a combat-wounded vet... even though MY circumstances were different, this movie is VERY spot-on. Chilling and true-to-life. Thanks for this, Wendigoon. The Soviet film "Come And See"? That may be one of the most disturbing colour movies ever made (absolutely starkly chilling)

An absolutely heartbreaking detail I noticed during the scene where Paul reaches out for the butterfly over the trench was back when he was home, you could see pictures of butterflies hung up on the wall of his bedroom. Ngl it made me cry.

Watching a blinded soldier scream in absolute fear of death while Wendigoon chows down on hummus is the most bizarre thing I've seen all week. Great video

The fact that WW1 veterans appear in the 1930 movie makes it even more incredible. Truly a masterpiece ahead of it's time.

Reminds me of the time in grade 12 where a woman came to speak to us about joining the military as a means to afford university education. Her daughter was a soldier that died (I don't remember where she died, what war etc). But I was absolutely disgusted by how this woman spoke so highly of war and the military, when it was what took away her daughter. So when we were leaving the auditorium, and other kids asked about signing up, I told her that I was so sorry for her loss. She legitamently looked at me like I had two heads.

As a legitimate combat vet myself I’d just like to thank you , the respect you show for men that have suffered threw the brutality of war is appreciated.

The screaming when Behm is blinded genuinely frightened me. This whole film is insane, especially for the time.

The absolute irony that the audience from so many countries all universally reacted to this film , in the same exact manner that the people in Paul’s town (teachers, students, etc) reacted to him saying “war is not what it’s been made out to be guys.” That in itself is satirical

Something you didn’t mention is how, when the nazis came to power, the author of the book Erich Maria, fled Germany, so the nazi decided to behead his sister because he was “out of their reach,” I think that is the most tragic part about this story. The author simply expressed and relayed how he felt through literature and his sister was murdered for it.