The film tells the story of the rise of Reinhard Heydrich, the leader of the Nazi German SS, and the __historical story__ of the assassination of Czech commandos sent by the British in Prague. Except for the novelty and spirit at the beginning of the whole film, and the short-term excitement and shock at the end, most of the time it can't satisfy a World War II history enthusiast.
The first issue is the casting issue. I’m surprised. Even if you don’t know about my famous comedian Zhao Benshan’s famous saying, "Big head and thick neck, it’s not a big money or a man", you should also pull out two old photos to compare. Check it out (the left side of the picture below is a real photo, the upper right side is the "Assassination of Heydrich" version, and the lower right side is the "Heydrich Man in the High Castle" version).
In addition, Himmler's actor is British actor Stephen Graham, who has first-rate acting skills, but in the past he has mostly played the role of small people in the British market. The more famous is Tommy, a gangster in Snatch. This time, I added a handful of hygienic heads to play the big devil Himmler, and also arranged a lot of plots to show his useless and sentimental feelings, which really made the audience very entertaining (the picture on the left is a live photo, the right is On the upper side is the "Assassination of Heydrich" version, and on the lower right side is the Himmler in "The Man in the High Castle").
The plot setting is also problematic. Historically, Reinhardt Heydrich was born in a family of musicians, had a superior family background in his youth, was well-educated, and had deep attainments in violin and fencing. After being called into the SS by Himmler, he was responsible for intelligence and security work. He vigorously expanded the spy team to form a spy network and used a well-designed index card system to store various intelligence information. He was a calm and efficient manager. At the same time, he was absolutely loyal to Himmler and Hitler, and was ruthless to the enemies inside and outside the Nazi party. Hitler was hailed as having the "heart of steel." In the movie, however, he is portrayed as an impulsive, passionate man who is irritable, violent, and able to get out of frustration with his wife's encouragement. This kind of romance is really unsatisfactory.
In addition, it was arranged that the leader of the stormtrooper (SA) Roma sat at the table in a suit and had a chat with Himmler and Heydrich while tasting red wine. Whose bad idea was it? You must know that Roma is a veteran from the railway police family. He has a horrible face, and under his little eyes are big scars of horror—the real big old rough gangster proletarian who really looks like. It was he who led the stormtrooper brothers who shed countless blood in the streets and pushed Hitler to the throne of prime minister. He is also the representative of the Nazi-National Socialist German Workers’ Party who firmly believes in "socialism". After Hitler came to power, he began to clamor for the "second revolution" and wanted to wipe out the upper-level forces including big capitalists, aristocrats, and the Wehrmacht. . To design such a scene for such a character is simply to let Zhang Fei play the piano and Fan Kui chant poems.
There are also good places: the assassination on the streets of Prague is very exciting; the commandos used the Brun machine gun to sweep the German devils after the church was surrounded. But the overall score can only be 4/10, which can't be higher.
This article is an excerpt from my diary "The Nazis are a bit too much"
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