Death and the Maiden evaluation action

"Death and the Maiden" is the darkest and most depressing film by director Rajmund Roman Liebling. The original work is an ambiguous and elusive psychodrama with serious political and moral debates as its central theme. The director adapted this moral and political drama into a melodrama with complex twists and turns and climaxes. In order to create a tense theatrical effect, the director compressed the time of the original stage play one day and one night into one night, creating a tense and real time rhythm. The abstract space design like symbols gives the story a universal The moral of sex indicates that such a story can happen in any country under dictatorship. There are only three main characters in the film, and the scene is limited to a claustrophobic space, basically retaining the style of the stage. However, the director uses excellent film methods to build a bridge between the audience and the characters, making the audience's heartstrings tight. Focusing on the tense moments of crisis, as if being on the scene, I have a full understanding of the mental imbalance and trauma after the persecution of women. This kind of abstract time and space like symbols makes the whole story more representative and symbolic. The time and space of the film is simple to the extreme. The director adapts the original stage play into a melodrama with complicated twists and climaxes, and uses a unique suspense technique to reveal the potential danger of Nazism's lingering shadow. The truth makes the audience shudder. The rhythm of the film is slow. The director and screenwriter have added some details of the description of the action on the basis of the original drama, making the storyline more compact, more refined, and more realistic. Especially in the description of some wonderful details, it is vivid and powerful, leaving a deep impression on people. Actress Sigourney Pfeiffer plays a survivor of Nazi violence, performing delicately and hierarchically. In a sense, the film goes far beyond the political meaning and scope it reflects, so it resonates strongly with the audience. .