Extended Reading
  • Kacie 2022-09-12 21:16:59

    Without exception

    For a movie related to World War II, I don't know if the atmosphere in this movie is too relaxed, and there is a happy ending at the end, but it affects the viewing experience of the whole movie a bit. In fact, the whole film tells a very simple story. Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced into exile in the...

  • Constantin 2022-09-12 17:16:19

    outside the rules

    Beyond the Rules - The Recovery of Humanity

    A Nazi captain, a British female spy, an abdicated emperor... During the war, everyone has to be subject to the framework of the rules, but the preciousness of human nature lies in being able to find exceptions that are outside the rules. Captain and...d

The Exception quotes

  • [Stefan wakes up from a nightmare]

    Mieke de Jong: What is it this time?

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Poland. A village of women and children. They'd been machine-gunned by the SS. It was a beautiful day. And I thought... "God made this. God made all of it." There was a girl. She was still alive. I tried to help her, but she died. I beat the officer senseless in front of his unit. It's men like that, they shame the SS. They shame us all.

    Mieke de Jong: But they are not the exception, they are the *rule*.

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: I don't believe that.

  • Capt. Stefan Brandt: Will you marry me?

    Mieke de Jong: What?

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Marry me, Mieke. Now. Today.

    Mieke de Jong: Are you serious?

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: Completely.

    Mieke de Jong: But I'm a Jewess.

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: I'll protect you.

    Mieke de Jong: No! Nobody can!

    Capt. Stefan Brandt: I will do my duty.

    Mieke de Jong: Everyone must.