I originally planned to read the book (the screenwriter seems to be a spy, and his novel was nominated for n Nobel Prizes without winning), but I couldn't find any resources, so I watched the movie instead.
Hawley is a little-known writer. One day his friend Harry in Viana invited him to Vienna. Anyway, he was idle, so Hawley went to Viana. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at Vianahari's residence, he was told by the doorman that Harry had just died in a car accident without entering the door. Let him go directly to the funeral (wat the fuxx?) Hawley went to his friend's funeral in a depressing manner, and then talked to the city policeman Calloway (German, I don't know if this is the Nazi army, forgive me The world history knowledge is very poor), the baron, the doorman and others chatted about Harry's death, and found that different people's opinions are quite different (mainly reflected in 1. Whether there were 2 or 3 people at the scene to carry Harry's body; 2. Did Harry die immediately after being hit), and there happened to be a rich man who was willing to invite Hawley to a hotel for free, in exchange for Hawley agreeing to hold a writer meeting. As mentioned earlier, Hawley is just an idle person. Anyway, he has nothing to do. By the way, let's investigate the death of his friend. (Eh, although it's a bit indifferent to say this, I think if the rich man hadn't asked him to stay in a hotel for free, he probably wouldn't have no money to stay in Viana.) During the investigation, I met Harry's son Schmidt, a Czech from the Czech Republic. A beautiful woman who smuggled into Vienna. Calloway believes that Harry colluded with people in the military hospital to steal military supplies penicillin and then dilute it and sell it to patients, resulting in many children with abnormal brain development because they did not receive effective drugs. As Harry's horse, Schmidt was also very suspicious, so he searched Schmidt's residence, took away a lot of letters from Schmidt and Harry, and checked Schmidt's passport, and found that it was an exquisite book. Fake passports. So Schmidt was detained. Hawley accidentally discovered that Harry was not dead after a drunken time, so he told the Calloway police the news. Calloway found someone to pry open Harry's grave and found that the tomb was not Harry, but the stolen Penicillin. military hospital clerks. That's when it became clear that Harry was just feigning death to escape the police. Hawley was eager to save Schmidt, so he made an agreement with Calloway. Calloway released Schmidt and escorted her to the German-occupied area. He pretended to cooperate with Harry, led Harry out, and let Calloway catch her. he. But when Schmidt was about to leave Viana by train, he saw Hawley and guessed what Hawley wanted to do. Schmidt did not appreciate it and gave up going to the German-occupied area. Hawley saw that Schmidt was not appreciative, so he told Calloway that he would not be the bait and that he would go back to the United States. Calloway took Hawley to see the children in the hospital disabled by diluted penicillin, and Hawley changed his mind again and agreed to be the bait to lure Harry out and calloway to catch him. In the end the plan worked and Harry finally died. Schmidt was also annoyed by Hawley, who had to go back to the United States alone.
The character analysis is as follows:
Harry: A black market businessman who will do anything to make money, dilute penicillin and sell it to patients in order to make huge profits, regardless of the user's life or death. He asked Hawley to go to Viana and cheated to death at the same time, probably because he thought that Harry's shell had aroused the suspicion of the police, and he needed to train another shell to continue to engage in penicillin black market transactions. American Hawley was a good choice (by the police). Although I am not satisfied with Hawley's investigation of Harry's murder, I can still be polite to him), and it was intentional when Hawley found out that he did not die (but I don't understand why Harry originally wanted to kill Hawley on the Ferris wheel, Wasn't Hawley's trip to Vienna part of Harry's plan?)
Hawley: A little-known writer, a poor man, who can't afford to be without profit. Originally, he went to Vienna to see if there was a chance to make a fortune. Even if he didn't, it would be a distraction. He investigates Harry's death, not really caring about his friend Harry, but wanting to use the experience to write a new novel in order to save his precarious writing career and finances. As for his morality, it is actually more selfish. Although he does not agree with Harry's diluting the sale of penicillin, the first time he used the bait was more to send Schmidt to the German-occupied area, and at the same time to get rid of Harry (Harry). If he is dead, Schmidt may love himself, and he will lose a rival in love. At the same time, he will get rid of a mad black market dealer, killing three birds with one stone, very clever). This can be seen when Schmidt gave up going to the German occupation, and Hawley immediately said not to be a bait (after all, whether Schmidt went to the German occupation or not, the fact that Harry is a damn black market dealer has not changed) . The second time to do the bait may be out of morality, because after seeing the children in the hospital (it can also be said that the jar is broken, after all, Harry is not dead, Schmidt can't like him), and he is willing to be the bait to kill Harry.
Schmidt: A woman who is blind in love. In fact, Harry didn't really love her at all, at most he made her a fake passport. And she didn't know about the fraud, but the baron and the Romanians knew about it, and they saw that Harry didn't see her as someone around him. Harry trusts Hawley much more than Schmidt. But she was dead set on Harry. Although she knew that Harry diluted penicillin and sold it to people and killed many patients, once Hawley was going to bait and kill Harry, Schmidt would rather give up going to the German-occupied area, or even be repatriated by Russia. Perhaps the best footnote to her is "love blinds people".
Calloway: This must be a German Nazi? ? But seems like a good character? He found that someone stole penicillin from the military hospital and sold it to the patient, which caused the patient's condition to worsen. The sick child Hawley took to the Children's Hospital didn't have abnormal brain development due to the diluted penicillin Harry sold. Calloway just used this to convince Hawley to help him trap Harry. (But anyway, Harry did sell diluted penicillin, which Harry also admitted on the Ferris wheel). And the actor seems to be the most handsome?
About the third person
As for the third person, it was actually Harry. Use your imagination to add the plot of this incident (don't like when I'm talking nonsense), the clerk has been stealing penicillin from the military hospital to Harry, but this incident has attracted the attention of the military, so Harry intends to cut the line at the same time Fake yourself to death. Wait for the limelight to pass and start over. That day, Harry invited the clerk to his house to deliver the nicillin (the loot came quietly, of course), and then deliberately soiled the clerk's clothes, let him put on his own clothes, and then went downstairs with him, and then Just let the prepared van kill the clerk, and then Harry, the Baron, and the Romanians jointly carry the clerk to the side of the road, complete a series of burials, and send them directly to the cemetery for burial (this action is fast enough, although I I think this is a bit far-fetched, but if the process is very long and many people have seen the face of the deceased, it will be easy for the police to ask about it.)
Have the opportunity to find a book to brush again. 3 stars.
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