All Quiet on the Western Front

Emerson told BBC News that he and Edward Berger - the acclaimed German-Austrian film-maker whose 2022 adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated for nine Academy Awards - aspired to make something that would replicate the 70s thrillers they grew up on.

On a conference call with his leading man, Ralph Fiennes, in between awards-season events such as the AFI Awards luncheon and a feting at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, the director is tracing the origins of “Conclave,” the follow-up to his 2022 “All Quiet on the Western Front” adaptation, which won four Oscars.

He developed “Conclave,” which was adapted by Peter Straughan, around the same time as “All Quiet on the Western Front.”

For him, it’s unfortunately reminiscent of how his last movie, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” fared with Oscar voters.

Berger’s last movie, the 2022 adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” earned nine Oscar nominations, including for the screenplay, which Berger co-wrote, and won four.