If I were to rate this film, from a technical point of view, there's a lot to be said for it. Such as the heroine's acting, directing, cinematography and soundtrack. However, it is not without flaws. Except for Sophie and the Inquisitor, the other characters seem to lack authenticity. When Chinese people watch foreign revolutionary movies, what they want to see is the truth. We need to see the contradictions of human nature, and we need to see the confusion between understanding and persistence. Politics and war are the games of another group of idealists, and as ordinary people, everyone is just eating and drinking in the river of history. Therefore, in order to describe the revolution realistically, there must be characters of various positions in the story, and these characters should preferably not be determined like robots and will not waver. Sophie is so real, and my favorite scene is when she ends up in tears and says to the Inquisitor, "I just got to say goodbye to my parents. You know." And she yells when she learns she's going to die soon One scene, I think it's a little contrived, a little bit too much. But Jentsch (Sophie) is a lot better overall than Hinrichs (Hans), who doesn't feel like he has any acting talent. The court trial scene, I think, is the failure of the whole film. The original authenticity has been completely dissipated, the good guys have become tall and complete, the bad guys have become stars and stubbornly resisted, and the expressions on the faces of the fallen officers have undoubtedly revealed the director's inclination. Those great lines, I think, serve no purpose in this environment. If, at least Sophie didn't say anything, just use expressions or giggles, the film would be much better.
This movie is favored by the United States, and I don't think the reason is necessarily very clean. It feels a little flattering to me. My general opinion is that it would look better if a little more effort was put into authenticity.
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