The clean boy went all the way to extinction and all the way to rebirth. Watching this movie reminded me of "All the Lights We Can't See" and "Dead Poets Society". The hardest thing is his choice. When he witnessed so much darkness that was inconsistent with his worldview, he chose to say goodbye to the world. The icy river was his purest destination. At the end of the film, the protagonist's departure from Napola seems to be the best ending, but as the battle line stretches, he still can't escape the tragedy of being the axle on the fascist chariot.
The first contact with Napola was because of the Empire's night watchman, Schnaufer, who graduated from Napola, but he does not seem to be tainted with cruelty. I've always thought that fighter formations in the Air Force are the cleanest units, they fight at high altitudes and their job is just to shoot down planes. I don't agree with the description of Napola in the film. In order to enter Napola, it is not enough to have pure blood, there is no political stain, and the grades must be excellent. Only a very small number of people enter Napola every year. And the people who come out from there are not necessarily all weapons of war that destroy conscience.
The little angel Xilin is really sultry in this film! The clean blue eyes seem to be unable to tolerate a trace of darkness, and the uniform of the SS can be said to be the pinnacle of appearance.
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