All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet On The Western Front follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys witness death and mutilation all around them, any preconceptions about "the enemy" and the "rights and wrongs" of the conflict disappear, leaving them angry and bewildered. This is highlighted in the scene where Paul mortally wounds a French soldier and then weeps bitterly as he fights to save his life while trapped in a shell crater with the body. The film is not about heroism but about drudgery and futility and the gulf between the concept of war and the actuality.Raid on Rommel (1971) Seven-time Academy Award Nominee Richard Burton (Where Eagles Dare) is a British intelligence officer who leads a daring attack on the German shore defence at Tobruk in this explosive WWII drama. Infiltrating a German POW convoy, Captain Foster (Burton) learns that the commandos he hoped to link up with have been almost completely wiped out, and the prisoners belong to a British medical unit. Aided by MacKenzie (John Colicos), one of the surviving commandos, he vows to carry out his mission, which is further complicated by the presence of an Italian general's mistress (Danielle de Metz). Together, Foster and Mac whip the ragtag band of POWs into a fighting force that overthrows and impersonates its captors - only to stumble into an unexpected meeting with Rommel (Wolfgang Preiss)!Midway (1976) The Battle of Midway sounded it's furious thunder in June 1942, just six months after the attack on Pearl Harbour. Midway interweaves the dramatic personal stories of the men who fought the couragious battle that was to be the Pacific turning point for the Uni