The element of choice, of chance.What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended for him or her? What if a child aspired to something greater? You were the embodiment of that belief, Kal.It was also based upon Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 classic World War I novel.Plot SynopsisA prologue that introduces the film was taken almost verbatim from the foreword to Remarque""s novel:This story is neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to hose who stand face to face with it.He replied and announced his scheme to become one of her suitors:Mongol Prince""s Counselor: Celestial Majesty, at the next moon, suitors do go to Bagdad, seeking in marriage its royal Princess." However, he is recognized and sent on his way home.He attempts to steal someone else""s enlistment papers, but is caught by the recruiting director and literally kicked out....Slop, slop, slop!" He hurled his metal plate of ""slop"" and a food-fight brawl commenced.During the chaos, Vince struck a few of the guards who were ordering him back to his cell.As punishment, he suffered a bare-backed whipping (with five lashes - on-screen) by one of the guards (Bill Hickman).