Sister Anna grew up amidst the beating and scolding of her uncle and was tortured. After being severely beaten, he was rescued by a local priest and sent to study at a maid school run by the church. After graduation, Anna finally has a life of her own, working as a maid or tutor to support all kinds of families. Sister Lotte grew up in a middle-class family, and her adoptive parents took good care of her and let her learn piano and singing, and receive the best education.
Although the two sisters are thousands of miles apart, they never forget their significant other. In 1940, Lotte finally got in touch with Anna and went to Germany to meet Anna. Anna was very happy with Lotte's arrival, and they hugged each other for a long time. When Lotte saw the tense atmosphere in Germany and the various actions that contradicted her ideas, Lotte suggested that Anna go back to the Netherlands with her. But at this time Anna was working as a maid at the countess's house, taking care of all the housework for the countess, and couldn't leave. Anna and Lotte agreed to go to Holland when the countess's family settled down. When saying goodbye, Lotte, who was a little embarrassed and disappointed, showed her boyfriend's photo to Anna. Anna, who was deeply influenced by the environment, blurted out, "Scare me, at first glance I thought I was a Jew." Such words. Lotte was deeply disturbed and thought Anna was an anti-Semitic. Soon after returning home, he wrote to Anna not to come to the Netherlands. The devastated Anna vented in the bar and fell in love with Martin, an Austrian military officer. Soon after, Martin went to the front line to fight for two years. In 1942, in war-torn Europe, Anna and Martin finally walked into the church in Vienna, while in the Netherlands, Lotte's boyfriend David was taken into a concentration camp.
Martin was quickly transferred to the front line again and went into battle. During a rare vacation opportunity, Anna happily brought her own baby clothes and told Martin that she hoped to have children. But no one thought that the vacation was the last time they met. In 1944, Martin, who survived the torrent of the Soviet war, was hit by American artillery and turned into fragments. An angry Anna threw the baby clothes into the river. The wedding anniversary photo of her and Martin became the only memorial between them.
After the war, Anna decided to go to Holland because Lotte was her only relative in the world. However, Lotte was so worried about David's death that he couldn't cheer him up. Moreover, she has always misunderstood Anna since the last separation, and this reunion is even more difficult to accept. When Lotte accidentally saw the wedding photo of Anna and the SS officer, he was furious and called her a remnant of the Nazis and a murderer. Lotte kicked Anna out of the house and severed her relationship.
Many years later, Anna found Lotte, and the two were already gray-haired old women. But Lotte still refused to recognize her sister. Anna didn't ask her to understand, she just explained her various experiences to Lotte. The two who lost their way in the forest sat beside the tree, humming their childhood ballads, and fell asleep together at night. Anna was dead at dawn, and she was finally able to fall asleep with a peaceful face.
Lotte has her own pain, it's possible that Anna. When Lotte wrote unfeelingly, "You better not come to Holland." Anna almost collapsed. "Why, why, I just want to see her!" Anna cried desperately. Lotte has never experienced all the hardships Anna encountered when she was growing up, and she didn't know what it meant for Anna who was eager to care. "I don't have this sister anymore." Anna shivered in the rain, and Martin was the only one beside her to comfort her, covering her with his coat. In this icy world, even the closest person left her behind, but caring about her is a stranger who has only met a few times. How ironic.
Anna leaned on Martin and listened to him telling her own story.
"If there is no war, I will put a rose on the rifle."
If there is no war...
There was a touch of helplessness on the young face.
In four years, Martin and Anna could meet in just a few weeks. Lotte was able to spend his cardamom years in David's gentle arms.
The war was over, Anna's face was as cold as ice. Martin is dead, and she, because of the abuse she suffered when she was young, can't give birth at all. When she angrily threw away the baby clothes she had sewn herself, all that was left were their photos and her only relative, Lotte.
Ironically, the brotherhood was severed because of the tragic death of Lotte's Jewish lover in the concentration camp. Anna was no longer a sister to Lotte, but a remnant of the Nazis, an accomplice of those who slaughtered Jews, and even the language she spoke (German) was a shame, because no one wanted to use it anymore. Lotte relentlessly spit on Anna like a fist, piercing her heart like a sharp sword. She didn't even have room to refute, she was pushed through the door mercilessly and fell to the side of the road. The last thing Lotte said to Anna was "You are no longer my sister!".
I can hardly imagine how strong Anna, who was abandoned by her sister for the second time, survived. Except for a simple explanation, the film is almost blank here. Seeing Anna's last peaceful sleep, I couldn't get the slightest comfort.
At this point, she finally finished her painful life.
——2006.10.19
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