Scots athlete Lesley Paterson is a screenwriter behind All Quiet on the Western Front.
Lesley with Sienna Miller and writing partner Ian Stokell at the National Board Of Review AwardsAs a world champion triathlete, Lesley Paterson knows more than most about endurance.
All Quiet on the Western Front was first published in a newspaper in 1928. The author Erich Maria Remarque channelled all the despair and disillusionment of his own experience as a German soldier in the trenches of the first world war.Image caption,"I reread it with my then writing/producing partner Ian Stokell and both of us were like, wow, why has this not been redone. Especially using the technology we now have.
Their initial screenplay was in English as they felt it was the only way to get a war film financed. But gradually the film landscape changed. "After 16 years, it happened in a heartbeat. To be honest, the authenticity of it being in German is critical. The essence of the book is there is no hero, it's not an adventure."
One of the opening scenes where women launder the uniforms of dead soldiers so they can be passed to the new recruits came from Lesley. The new film adds extra scenes not found in the book involving politicians and generals negotiating the ceasefire.
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