The foreign name "Napola: Elite für den Führer" is also known as: Hero Education, Nazi Military Academy, Elite of the Führer... See the name. First of all, I have to admit that I went to watch this movie because I was attracted by Tom Schilling’s beauty. Of course, Schilling’s beauty did not disappoint me. It was really good, especially in the lake. At that moment. I think at that moment, not only the male lead, Friedrich, but also any audience, I guess there is only one sentence in my heart, "You are the most beautiful boy in the world, like the ice flower that never melted in that year."
However, as the famous "anti-war trilogy", its performance is more than just beauty. [Anti-war trilogy: "Destruction of the Empire", "Sophie Sol: Hope and Resistance", "Hitler Boy" I will watch them all next day] After watching this movie, I think it is a bit like the dark version of " "Death Poetry Club" and "Spring in the Cow Herding Class". There are 4 boxing matches in the film. I think it is a metaphor for Friedrich’s attitude towards war: ① For the first time, Friedrich won the opportunity to go to Nabola with boxing. That time, but boxing he was the last time he refused to make up his opponent. One punch. It is the embodiment of the human nature of ordinary people. ②For the second time, in Napolea's match, he made up a very serious punch from his opponent, which was criticized by Albrecht. At that time Friedrich was under Napolea's influence. ③The third time, at the instigation of Albrecht's father, he fought with Albrecht and was at a loss. Begin to reflect. ④ For the fourth time, he put down his gloved hand and gave up on the opponent. He gave up the opportunity and finally left Napolea. Friedrich was influenced by Albrecht too much, and he saw through it a lot. He looked at the officers who applauded, and he might suddenly realize that he was just an officer's beater and chess piece.
There are three deaths in the film, which also reflects the emotional changes between Friedrich and Albrecht about the war, especially the impact on Friedrich. ①Zig's death. Zieg was insulted by the instructor, physically punished, and threatened for extortion. He finally threw on the grenade to end his life, and he was desperate. However, his suicidal behavior was considered to be a glorious sacrifice of self-sacrifice (compared to the instructor who ran away at the time), so that he, who was insulted during his lifetime, accepted all the glory after his death. Friedrich, Albrecht and other five people watched their roommate die in front of them, and blood splashed on them.
②The death of Soviet prisoners of war. Their chief deceived them that their prisoners of war had weapons, and they killed the Soviet prisoners by mistake, only to find that they were just unarmed children of the same age. At that moment, Albrecht hurried to rescue them, but his father, who was rushed over, ended the life of the prisoners. Albrecht collapsed. , The other people were also uncomfortable, no one could sleep at ease that night, after all, they were all children.
③The death of Albrecht. Albrecht's father always said that Albrecht was weak, just because he wanted to love literature more than killing and joining the Nazi party. However, a person who is not even afraid of death, a person who dares to read a composition against the mainstream in an elite school filled with "Long Live Hitler", where is his weakness? Writing articles to dismiss his own remarks and going to the battlefield to kill others is something he would never do if he died. Sure enough, he insisted on his heart to death. Later when Friedrich rummaged through Albrecht's cabinet, he found that there was no such article. He already understood that Albrecht had suicidal thoughts. The temporary intention of death, the impulse that has been lurking for a long time, is wise and desperate.
"When the boy released his hand in the cold river water, I saw something purer than ice water in his eyes. And this thing also saved another boy."
In the end, Friedrich chose to leave Nabola. He should realize why his father didn't let himself join Napolea in the first place. Some things have to be tried before he knows. Fortunately, he is gone, otherwise he will either die on the battlefield or become a war criminal. Friedrich was fortunate enough to see the cruelty of death before he actually stepped onto the battlefield, and withdrew from Napolea in a negative way. Fortunately, Albrecht took the initiative to give up his life before facing the choice of killing or being killed. Siegfried was fortunate enough to use suicide when he was unable to resist extortion and humiliation. Compared with those who walked to the battlefield, bayoneted with children who might be the same age, fought for the lives of unfamiliar people like themselves, and died unclearly, they are the lucky ones who have preserved their humanity and judgment. At the end, the snow is white, and I can't help but think, "I was gone, Yangliu Yiyi; now I come to think, Yuxuefeifei." Carrying the box, looking back at everything that I experienced there again, turned and left. Today, Friedrich is still wearing the shorts he wore when he came, but his mood is completely different from when he came. With bruises on his face, the mature heart that has experienced the worldly and human darkness is so different from the innocent heart before.
After many comparisons, the two teenagers who took photos with their father later learned of their father’s death;
Also facing the death of prisoners of war, even if roommates knew that they were wrong, they did not dare to resist writing the "Legend of the German Knights Against the Background of Winter" without their conscience. Only the so-called "weak" Albrecht wrote about the practice of resisting the slaughter of prisoners of war. article;
The same clothes, different moods.
The boy facing you is no longer there
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