Germany’s “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a World War One epic with nine Oscar nominations this year, won the Academy Award for best international film on Sunday.

The Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) film, directed by Edward Berger, depicts the horrors of trench warfare through the eyes of a young man initially keen to join the fight. It is the first German-language adaptation of a 1928 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which was also made into a best picture-winning film in 1930.

“All Quiet on the Western Front” tells a story of a young man who, poisoned by right-wing political nationalist propaganda, goes to war thinking it’s an adventure, and war is anything but an adventure,” producer Malte Grunert said in his acceptance speech for best film at the BAFTA awards last month.

The film “is in fascinating dialogue with not just its source material, but the long history of warfare and cinema about war and atrocities,” Sight & Sound wrote in its review, saying the film also owed a debt to films like “1917,” “Saving Private Ryan” and “Black Hawk Down.”

The film was nominated in nine categories this year, including best picture. Only “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” with 11 nods, had more.

“All Quiet on the Western Front” beat out international film nominees “EO” from Poland, “The Quiet Girl,” from Ireland; Belgian film “Close;” and “Argentina, 1985” from Argentina.

Full list of winners at the 2023 Oscars

Best picture: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best actress: Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best actor: Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”

Best director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best supporting actor: Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best supporting actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best international feature film: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany

Best animated feature film: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

Best documentary feature film: “Navalny”

Best original screenplay: “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Best adapted screenplay: “Women Talking,” screenplay by Sarah Polley

Best original score: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Volker Bertelmann

Best original song: “Naatu Naatu,” from “RRR,” music by M.M. Keeravaani; lyrics by Chandrabose

Cinematography: “All Quiet On The Western Front,” James Friend

Visual effects: “Avatar: The Way of Water”

Sound: “Top Gun: Maverick”

Film editing: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Production design: “All Quiet On The Western Front”

Costume design: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Ruth Carter

Makeup and hairstyling: “The Whale”

Documentary short film: “The Elephant Whisperers”

Short film, live action: “An Irish Goodbye”

Short film, animated: “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”