The highest-level horror movies are not aliens, not monsters, but distortions of human nature. The protagonist is also a deserter who was brutally hunted down, but when he put on the stolen captain's uniform, a slightly meaningful smile appeared on his face. The uniform he wears gives him identity, it gives him respect, it gives him power. Power has allowed him to enjoy a world he once spurned and struggled to escape from.
When the protagonist faced deserters like himself, he cruelly and ruthlessly chose to dig deep pits and kill them with anti-aircraft guns. The power of life and death given to him by the power confuses him like a devil, and the power at this time makes him lose his mind. Such a story, seen from the larger historical background, sees the brutality and bloodshed of German fascism and the annihilation of humanity. From a childhood philosophy of life, what I see is that vain power makes people greedy and loses themselves.
Arguably the best horror and historical film I've seen in recent years.
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