The movie tells the story of a group of Jews living in troubled times in the concentration camps of World War II. In the murderous den where people are slaughtered and insecure, people are inferior to livestock. A life disappears within a second or two, and life is here. It doesn't make sense, it's just equivalent to a bullet. This is a tomb, a hell on earth full of fear and tremor. This is destined to be an unfair contest.
However, the director does not only express the life-and-death game between the Jews and the German Nazis. Obviously, the director has a deeper metaphor, that is, the dilemma between Solovich who believes in "survival of the fittest" and the idealistic Bulkor. In between, who has more practical power? Who is more moral? Does succumbing to reality for survival mean that there is no morality? If the ideal is not there, can it still be moral? This series of question marks had a result at the end: natural human rights! In the face of life, everyone is equal; in the face of disaster, living is the greatest victory.
In fact, when individual lives face collective brutality, the awe-inspiring agitation is simple and ridiculous; how can individual lives contend with the state apparatus? Even if making counterfeit bills is to help the poor and cause more sacrifices, then who pays for their lives and who is responsible for their lives? In fact, under the rule of this violent system, every Jew is an innocent person.
What's more, is the so-called symbol of uprising set up for principle, is it a monument of righteousness or is it just an illusory dream? !
In fact, Solovich also has his "principles". He does his best to protect every companion around him. Even in the face of death, he will never betray his companions; in order to save his companions suffering from tuberculosis, he is bold. Talking to the Nazis for medicine; in the last fight, he used his rare courage and wisdom to force the Nazis to pee their pants, saving a group of people's lives.
Compared with the ethereal righteousness and radical resistance, Solovich's "survival of the fittest" is more powerful, more realistic, and more moral. As Solovich said, “I’m still alive, it’s not shameful”, “Live a day and earn a day”, “Even if you enter the gas chamber tomorrow, it’s better to die at gunpoint”, many times, it’s enough for us to live. Because God arranged the greatest.
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