
One by one the boys begin to fall ... In 1914, a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth, they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.
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1898–1970
Erich Maria Remarque (born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German novelist. His landmark novel *Im Westen nichts Neues* (*All Quiet on the Western Front*) (1928), about the German military experience of World War I, was an international best-seller which created a new literary genre, and was adapted into a film in 1930. **Source**: [Erich Maria Remarque](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Maria_Remarque) on Wikipedia.
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