Where was Germany today?

Idell 2022-01-29 08:07:22

The masterpiece in my mind is a very old movie, the war scenes are not rigorous, and there is no blood when stabbed with a knife. However, the expression of thought always precedes reality. In 1943, except for the Japanese army in China, the days of other Axis troops were not easy. Personal bravery and so-called spirit and fighting skills are useless in the endless jungle. And even if the failure has appeared, the so-called honors and medals and the sense of identity behind them will always be pursued by someone. When the situation is irreversible, the first thing the Wehrmacht loses is fighting spirit, and what the SS loses is faith. But the surrender was also miserable, and the only option was to continue resisting, killing day after day and waiting to be killed. Soldiers who have never fought and I have a hard time understanding that feeling, like I never understood why Konisper was finally killed on May 8, 1945, in the Czech Republic. I can only try to guess, maybe their lives don't know how to do anything else without fighting. So did Bill Lynn. He finally chose to go back to Iraq because he felt that it was still good. The United States was good, but he had no place of his own. Perhaps Konispel also felt comfortable in the King Tiger tank. He was used to facing a large wave of dark enemies, fighting and walking with tired teammates around him. I have always been reluctant to comment on or speculate on the thoughts of real warriors. They are very contradictory people. Just like Konisper, he was not an officer all his life, and he was a non-commissioned officer in the end. From the gunner to the commander, he was very kind to his comrades. As long as he was there, the comrades did not have to worry about someone selling teammates in a crisis. But he is also a rebellious person. He always has a mocking face when he contradicts his superiors. In the end, he doesn't seem to even get a Knight's Cross. It can be seen that he doesn't care about these at all, retreating from Ukraine all the way to the Czech Republic, the enemies he kills can form a division. But compared to those darlings of the propaganda machine, he is just an ordinary sergeant major who is respected by those around him. In February 1945, the division headquarters of the Imperial Division was trapped. He just gathered a group of teammates and drove the only Tiger King to complete the rescue. It's also his luck that this Tiger King didn't have any mechanical failure? Otherwise, it would be embarrassing. However, even if he became a superhero, he still contradicted his superiors who were not used to it. What an interesting person. It is difficult to judge such a soldier with common sense. Like Steiner in the movie, he is a contradictory person. After watching the movie, it’s not just that it’s fun to watch, but after watching it, I’ve been thinking about it. Now our thinking is too rational and too correct. Marry Bai Fumei for promotion and salary increase. The plan in my head all day is just how I can do my job better, and a lot of other things are fine. Watching the rare warm winter sun The story of a true warrior, people will become a little more casual for a few hours, and that's fine. Because, like Konisper, I am just an ordinary person, unlike those elites who have become idols, who have always been remembered and worshipped. During his lifetime, he became famous and admired by thousands of people. After death, there are always flowers in the cemetery. I can't let the world remember me for a thousand years, so in a hundred years of my life, I won't have so many worries. Speaking of the Czech Republic, Prague is a beautiful city, I have been planning to cross Czech Hungary and Poland, cross the Vistula River, and enter Central Europe through East Prussia that no longer exists, unfortunately it seems that this line takes a long time and does not go directly. "History" like Paris and Milan. So as an ordinary person, many things are just to think about. The biggest impression of this movie is that it is not the person who gets the Iron Cross that is honored, but the person who is honored gets the Iron Cross.

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Extended Reading
  • Frieda 2022-01-29 08:07:22

    Surprise ending really blows up the masterpiece The anti-war work of a master of violent aesthetics A unique story World War II German forces are nothing more than the background of the times Still in the bones is the tough guy pride and reflection on violence (and its extreme form: war) with violence Controlling violence is king

  • Burley 2022-01-29 08:07:22

    Another kind of war movie, like "Assembly", does not focus on the war between the enemy and the enemy, but on the human struggle within the army. The Prussian nobleman Stransky knew that the mud-legged Steiner was dissatisfied with him, so why did he let him be his honorary witness? This kind of setting seems to be just to draw out the dark humor of Vinsteiner queuing all the way through the line of defense to return to the big army but dying at his own hands. The mix of nursery rhymes + war scenes at the beginning is a brilliant stroke, the cruelty of war and the innocence of nursery rhymes are in stark contrast. It can also be seen that a lot of work has been done in the large part of the war scene in the middle. The wild laughter at the end is not only laughing at the absurdity of war, but also laughing at the fragility of human nature. Although Steiner is an officer, he still has a hard-line Western cowboy style. He does not kill Boy Scouts and female soldiers as prisoners, and he does not indulge in the beauty of the hospital. Even if he finally seeks revenge from the captain, it is still a Western cowboy-style one-on-one duel. His state is in common with the male protagonists of Peckinpa's previous works.

Cross of Iron quotes

  • Captain Stransky: What of your platoon?

    Sargeant Steiner: Two killed, one missing.

    Captain Stransky: Two killed, how?

    Sargeant Steiner: Bullets. Mortar fire, artillery, heavy salvos, bad luck, terminal syphilis, the usual things, Captain.

  • Captain Kiesel: They're rolling up both flanks, it's chaos.

    Colonel Brandt: That need no longer concern you. You are to report at once to general headquarters. You're being evacuated.

    Captain Kiesel: I can't leave the command, sir.

    Colonel Brandt: While I am still in a condition to issue orders those orders will be obeyed.

    Captain Kiesel: I'm prepared to disobey that order, sir.

    Colonel Brandt: You've been around Steiner too long. Come, listen to me for a moment... For many of us Germans the exterminator is long overdue, but I have decided that you are worth saving.

    Captain Kiesel: But I'm part of all this. There are better people than me. Most of them are being killed out there.

    Colonel Brandt: There's nothing wrong with you, except that you smoke too much. You're a brave man, braver than you think you are. One of these days there will be a need for brave civilians, had you thought of that? In the new Germany, if such a thing is allowed to exist, there will be need for builders, for thinkers, for poets. I begin to see now what your job is to be. I will make this my final order to you; you will search out and contact all of these, um... better people, you call them, and together you will take on the responsibility that goes with survival. Now you must leave. Please leave.