At the end of the film, the subtitles show an adaptation based on the real experience of an American lawyer.
Feeling irritable, he left the room and took a long walk in the rain alone.
I have a physical fear of works with East German backgrounds. The scene of young people jumping over the Berlin Wall and being shot to death made me burst into tears.
The most desperate is not the enslavement of freedom by politics.
What is frustrating and disappointing is that the Berlin Wall, which is heavily defended and icy, is built by good ordinary people who obey the collective will and abide by the authoritative system.
The misfortunes of history, the disasters of the times, the plight, confrontation and blame of human beings are closely related to the ignorance, rashness, vanity and hypocrisy of individuals.
Misunderstanding between people is the root cause of evil deeds.
Without empathic understanding of each other's demands, a rational connection cannot be established. Misunderstandings lead to tense conflicts that ultimately lead to unbalanced condemnation and punishment.
Without understanding, justice and goodwill cannot survive. How can we save lives?
When the frame order constructed by history tempts individuals to lose themselves in the collective will of fanaticism and absurdity, every member of society can use irrational and disgraceful means to damage their own power and freedom in the struggle. The bottom line is not to harm the same kind, to restrain hatred and not to insult the enemy. This sense of proportion and spiritual quality is more decent, brave, magnanimous and glorious than charging into battle with weapons on the battlefield.
It is true heroism that insignificant little people can treat each other kindly in turbulent times and difficult situations.
Human nature is composed of thousands of complex factors.
In this world, there are American judges who perfunctory court trials under political pressure, and there are also reasonable and enthusiastic young procuratorate assistants.
There are young pilots who are greedy for life and fear of death and reveal secrets during torture, and there are Soviet spies who are loyal to their duties and keep secrets about intelligence.
There are young Berliners who are loafing around in Friedrichstraße, and there are university students who urge their girlfriends to flee East Germany in a moment of urgency.
There are CIA officials who disregard human life for national security, and criminal lawyers who negotiate between hostile governments to defend the lives of their enemies.
Even a uniform collective organization is made up of ordinary people with different temperaments.
Whether the spirit of the times has fallen into stupidity or has entered a rational civilization, it is in the individual actions of ordinary characters that they converge into a complete group face.
After all, it is a minority of elites who occupy high positions and occupy the pinnacle of power. Most of them are insignificant figures in historical events.
But the tiniest of characters are qualified to love the truth and have the passion to express kindness to life.
A brave, just and conscientious American lawyer who insists on defending the criminal defense of Soviet spies who harmed national security. Even the notoriety has to appeal to the Supreme Court for the best interests of enemy spies. This is not only to uphold the professional ethics of lawyers, but also not only to be responsible to the parties of the case, but also not only to respect the solemn American judicial system.
Different governments wandering between capitalism and communism negotiate and game between opposing forces with sharp contradictions. Everything the lawyer has done for this arduous task is because of his profound goodwill towards people, life itself, and the life of an ordinary person.
No matter what political inclination they have, they should be kind to those who are not broken to the core. Doing everything possible to protect a person's life and strive for the safety and freedom of survival for him to the greatest extent is the most glorious action an ordinary person can make in the dark years of suffering.
Be kind to those who deserve it, and try to understand what a different person needs than you. The moment of showing mercy, letting others go, and reconciling the conflict will surely save the rest of the lives of countless people.
At the end of the movie, I was eager to get out of the room to breathe, and pondered on the empty street. When the overthrow of the Berlin Wall was raised again, what should people standing inside and outside the city wall do? What can be done?
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