Oscar-winning film ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT partly filmed at Barrandov Studio
17.03.2023The 95th Academy Awards were also a celebration of Czech filmmakers. A German adaptation of the famous novel by E. M. Remarque ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, which was filmed in the Czech Republic – partly at Barrandov Studio – picked up four trophies, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
On Saturday 11 March, on the eve of the awards ceremony, a gala reception was held at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles on the initiative of the consulates of the Czech Republic, Germany, and Austria to honour the Oscar nominees for their work on ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – including four Czech filmmakers: Linda Eisenhamer nominated for masks, Viktor Müller and Kamil Jafar for visual effects, and Viktor Prášil for sound. The reception was attended by over 500 guests, including Barrandov Studio CEO Petr Tichý.
The next day, during the Oscar award ceremony, this German epic anti-war film directed by Edward Berger celebrated a great success, converting four of the nine nominations: in addition to the Oscar for Best International Feature Film, it won in three more categories: cinematography, original score, and production design.
Although the Czech candidates finally didn't win in their categories, the nominations themselves are a great success and a demonstration of the high professionalism and skill of Czech filmmakers.
The Oscar winner for production design, Ernestine Hipper, in her speech thanked specifically the filmmakers from Prague for their great work.
Helena Bezděk Fraňková, Director of the Czech Film Fund, joins her in the words of praise: “The huge success of Czech filmmakers undoubtedly shows producers from all over the world that when they come to shoot in the Czech Republic, they can expect first-class technical and creative services.”„
The film was already a great success at the British BAFTA awards, where it won seven awards out of fourteen nominations (the award for best sound went to Czech filmmaker Viktor Prášil).
The awarded German film made for Neflix was partly filmed at Barrandov Studio. The Barrandov set construction unit created for the film a beautiful interior of a luxury railway carriage - the so called “Compiègne Wagon”, where the final scenes take place of the signing of the German troops´ capitulation at the end of World War I.
