Whether it is the abuser or the abused, they are trapped in the uniform and become war machines.
They are children, but they are German children and German soldiers.
I watched the sergeant beat up those Germans with mixed emotions, even if they were Nazis, that would be cruel. But think from another perspective, when I was living in World War II and my motherland was bullied by the Japanese, I think I would do the same thing as a sergeant, whether young or old, as long as I go to the battlefield, it is mine Dead enemies, I would find it too much fun to beat them.
Everyone thinks like this, so they are all trapped in war, trapped in different uniforms, and become war machines.
There are no pure abusers and no pure abusers. Everyone is an angel, everyone is a devil, who can tell the difference between black and white.
The most thing these children do every day is homesickness, they are also building a better future, they will smile brightly, and they will do anything to save the little girl. But during their conversation, they would also say, I want to rebuild Germany. It is not difficult to imagine that they once also went to the battlefield for Germany. This is what we think of as a vicious perpetrator, when in fact they are just ordinary people when they take off their uniforms.
And the vulnerable abused, regardless of the life and death of the Germans, have no food to eat. Give them a nice lie and let them finish this pile and then that pile. They don't care about the lives of the Germans, to them the Germans are just a swarm of flies, and to die is to die. I think I can understand their anger, but I can't understand that some people treat Germans as dogs, as tools, as bullies that they can bully if they want. They imposed their own selfish desires on the Germans, and by the way took a righteous hat. They are German, so I am doing them justice. What a nazi-like logic. In my understanding, enemy and tool are not two meanings. This is the battered, the battered with Nazi logic.
But I can also understand them, they are obsessed with the pain of Germany, and they have unknowingly turned themselves into Nazis, trapped in uniforms, and war machines, which is so sad.
I understand the helplessness of the sergeant, his irritability stemmed from hatred of the Germans. But every time he was beaten, could he really feel better? He is a man, a man of conscience. The more he hated the Germans, the worse he felt. What was he thinking when he faced that group of kids? Those nasty Germans! But he told him in his heart that it was just a group of children. He kept tearing his heart, his uniform and his heart were struggling. As a soldier, he hated the Germans, and as an ordinary person, he took pity on these children.
Otto's death was unexpected, and I cried out in my heart, how many landmines the Germans buried! Otto's death was an accident, really an accident. I think it's more about the mine map, and there is a problem with the number. But the accident broke the sergeant. When he insulted those Germans, I wanted to rush in and ask him, how are you feeling? Is he really insulting him by letting his children learn how to bark, or is he comforting himself in his heart, you see, these Germans are so hateful, so you can't be nice to them?
The sergeant is struggling, and I understand his intolerance. And that mother, I seem to remember her mother's contemptuous laugh when she let go of the rat dung, but I also remember the mother and daughter waving their hands when they said goodbye to the Germans.
While I was watching the movie, I kept counting the dead and guessing how many people could go home when the mines were cleared. But it never occurred to me that they could not go home. They are doomed to die in minefields. The thing I'm most afraid of hearing in the whole movie is the explosion, but the explosion always comes out of nowhere. When the explosion sounded for the last time, I was stunned. It should be the safest place! I think they think so too.
In the whole film, I've only seen Sergeant's big smile twice. The last time he watched the boy leave, he smiled lightly. He finally let go, finally let go of himself. In fact, everyone is wrong about the war. He redeemed those children, and he also redeemed himself, maybe he needs to bear a punishment, and then continue to deal with the Germans, the Danes, the British. He might get bullied for letting the Germans go. But so what, when others were still trapped in the whirlpool of the war, devastated and struggling, he had already jumped out of the war. The hatred is still there, and the hatred will not disappear, but he has learned to reconcile and let go. The psychological trauma left by the war is slowly fading away.
Lastly, every time I see someone dying in mine clearance, I think, how much is this buried, why should they have to be cleared, stop! Then my thought went away, because it was the Germans who laid so many mines. The Germans don't demining, do you have to let the Danes go to demining one by one? We are all people who are trapped in the responsibility of our country, so am I. I will be proud of my motherland, and in the same way, I must also bear the cost of my motherland's mistakes. This is also an unsolved question.
But the Germans are so cruel, they can bury so much! Also absolutely!
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