How come no one makes movies about WWI?

That is an excellent question, and I have no clue.


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I've sometimes wondered this as well. Personally I don't find WW1 that interesting for some reason, but I'm really fascinated by everything WW2 related. Now that I think about it I really don't know much about WW1. Maybe people in general aren't interested in seeing WW1 movies.. I don't know.

War Horse is about WWI. You should watch that. It is very good.

I think that the reason we don't have more WWI movies is that it was a more technical war.

WWI happened because of a series of bad situations and bad timing that led everyone to fight each other.

WWII was more dramatic. The bombing of Pearl Harbor, the NAZIs wanting to take over the world, the Holocaust...etc., gives writers more material to work with.

Great question. I disagree that the reason is WWI was a "more technical" war. Outside western Europe and Russia, there are LOTS of dramatic stories. The war at sea--off the coast of South America-- Japanese involvement--

"Gallipoli" is a WWI film; "Lawrence of Arabia" is, too. But no film at all has addressed how WWI basically ensured Arabic enmity for the west. (Lawrence of Arabia is not only a boring film but a rotten person to make a hero.)

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Yo should watch "A very Long engagement" with Audrey Tautou and Gaspar Ullier. Its a very beautiful movie, and the cinematography is amazing.

Well of course one of the reasons is that WWII is more recent, with much of Hollywood having participated, but there are WWI movies if you want to check them out. Here's a good list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_I_films Standouts: "All Quiet on the Western Front," "A Farewell to Arms," "Johnny Got His Gun" (also a GREAT book), "Oh! What a Lovely War" (weird musical that has some things in it I'll never forget), "The Great Dictator" (leads into WWII), "Sergeant York," "Grand Illusion" (one of the greatest movies ever made), and "Wings" (the first movie to ever win an academy award for best picture). Oh, and "The African Queen," which ties into WWI as well.

The situation leading up to the war was very similar to today's world, with terrorists (or nationalists, if you're on their side) wreaking havoc across Europe, and Europe separated into blocs. A group of terrorists assassinated the archduke (heir to the throne) of Austria-Hungary while he was visiting Sarajevo in Serbia. Austria-Hungary demanded the terrorist's return for trial. Serbia refused. A-H gave Serbia an ultimatum. Serbia thumbed its nose saying no, we'll try him here. Then all the treaties between parties in Europe kicked in, with both sides getting assurances from their allies that they'd have their back, and everybody but everybody declared war on each other, often in response to being declared war UPON. A-H invaded Serbia, then all hell broke loose.

You will probably see more similarities in pre-WWI to today's world than pre-WWII to today's world.

It's an interesting war technologically, too, with the introduction of the tank, barbed wire, machine guns, etc. AND you've got the death of the royal houses of Europe (see "Fall of Eagles") and the infancy of the Soviet Union. Good times.

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WWI hasn't got the characters WWII had. Hitler, Stalin, Churchill... not to mention the sheer scale of the suffering which made WWI seem tame in comparison. World altering scientific breakthroughs like the atom bomb. The holocaust. The Nazi's and the SS like some supervillain force, strutting around in black with skulls on their hats. Kamikaze's introducing suicide bombing to the world stage. WWI was a political war, WWII was a racial war. Also the sheer amount of footage actually filmed during it made it the world's first media friendly war. There's no comparison between the two for the interest they generate in people.