The saddest thing about this movie is not death, but loneliness

Alvis 2022-12-01 08:38:14

Although the movie is based on the assassination of Hitler as a clue, the world that the director presents to us is more focused on Elser as a human individual. In a war, all personal interests are no longer important, and the entire country is like a war machine, constantly driving forward with fanaticism as fuel. In the small movie studio, the crowds enthusiastically supporting the Nazi Party were mixed with strong smoke and shouted: Long live Hitler. And Elser's calmness is the most discordant existence in this picture. There is one detail that I admire the director's unique and meticulous thinking. When Elsser walked out of the studio, he happened to meet an officer who was smoking outside... The
Germans really know how to deal with it better than we do. Once the war

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  • Georg Elser: If humanity isn't free, everything dies with it.