Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing.It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.(voice-over) But why? Why would God choose an obscene child to be His instrument? BackgroundAll Quiet on the Western Front(1930) is the first major anti-war film of the sound era, faithfully based upon the timeless, best-selling 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque (who had experienced the war first-hand as a young German soldier).Precariously deep in financial debt, Archie has lost cotton gin trade to the Syndicate Plantation because they have built heir own cotton gin."He""s of no use here in Cairo.He might be in Arabia.He knows his stuff." Murray contemptuously notes the "insubordinate," unmanly manner of Lawrence""s nature - a subtle hint of his fabled homosexuality.He pledged his intentions to intervene in the nuclear arms race: "Madam Secretary, honorable delegates, ladies and gentlemen.