All Quiet on the Western Front/Trivia

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  • Banned in China: Due to it's anti-war and perceived anti-German messages, both the novel and the film were banned in Nazi Germany during the 1930's and 1940's. Even during the brief run the film had on German cinemas, in Germany were disrupted by Nazi supporters who threw stink bombs and released rats into the theaters to disrupt the viewers..
    • Between 1930 to 1941, this was one of many films to be banned in Australia by the Chief Censor Creswell O'Reilly.
    • The film was also banned in Italy and Austria in 1931, with the prohibition officially raised only in the 1980s, and in France up to 1963.
  • Fake Nationality: In the film versions, American and British actors play the German characters.