The overall tone of the film is very relaxed, but the ending is very cruel. I really like the last scene of the film. The carpenter was drunk in the shop, talking to himself back and forth, struggling, sometimes stepping back, arguing with the old Jewish lady, and sometimes stepping forward, loudly reprimanding the German atrocities. Overall, I think characterization and character performance are very good. An old carpenter with rich experience and good craftsmanship built the German wooden honorary building in the town, but he did not exist. When he got a Jewish store, the original owner was a deaf and blind old lady. The two often talked with each other. But the town was too small and surrounded by acquaintances, so he could not behave too outrageously. So in this misplaced relationship, a comedic effect is produced. And in the comedy plot, it is full of warmth. The old lady regarded the carpenter as a son, and the carpenter also helped her sincerely. So in the end, there was a push event, and the German army wanted to take all the Jews away, and the pro-Semitists suffered a tragic end. This put the carpenter into a desperate situation. He beat his wife, he was drunk, and he wandered between hiding the old lady and pushing her out.
A carpenter got a Jewish shop for his brother-in-law, a German officer, and he had to take away all the rights of the shop from the owner of the shop, a deaf and dumb old lady.
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