Hitchcock is recognized as a major director of crime suspense genre films. According to this perspective, this film is very not "Hitchcock". This is a film that shows humanity in a disaster. Regardless of the subject matter and shooting skills, it is very different from other Xi fat films.
During World War II, after a passenger ship sank, five men and three women escaped in lifeboats. These included engineer Kovac, telegrapher Stanley Garrett, crewman Smith with a broken leg, Joe, the black ship's attendant, Alice, the nurse, Mrs. Haley, who was deranged by the death of the baby, the famous writer Connie, and the rich man. Charles. They also rescued Nazi Willie from a German submarine. These people belong to different classes and have completely different life backgrounds. When everyone faces a crisis together, contradictions and conflicts pop up one after another.
It is said that after Nazi Willie was rescued, whether to kill him or not became a big problem. The Kovac, who had previously tried to save the drowning passengers, believed that he should "throw this Nazi into the sea!" The crewman Smith, who had previously insisted on saving others first while he was injured, also expressed the exact same wishes at this moment, and made himself public. It turned out to be a German fact. Opposition 1⃣️ is headed by writer Connie. Although she was indifferent to the pain of the wounded and only cared about whether she could take good photos, she now plays a role to protect the Germans; capitalist Charles believes that during the war, "As a German, It's not his fault" and proposed that "the American way at this time - vote!" should be used to address the issue. Nurse Alice didn't understand what everyone was saying, but she insisted that as long as it was a life, it was worth saving. Later, the Nazis were saved and became the "helmsman" of the lifeboat. As an audience, the question of whether or not to trust your enemy was left to right and left until the Nazis tricked everyone into killing Smith and everyone threw the Nazi over the sea. Although a Nazi is no more damnable than an ordinary person, in order to prevent him from harming others to save the name of an ordinary person, it should be dealt with resolutely and decisively. This is where the "soft" elites make a big mistake.
The scene of the film is similar to Ang Lee's "The Fantastic Drifting of the Youth Pie". This film is purely about human nature, while the youth school talks about the struggle with nature on the surface, and finally returns to human nature.
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