absurd

Idell 2022-01-29 08:07:22

The idea of ​​this film is from the perspective of the victor. Soldiers exist for the sake of their opponents. Soldiers are born to fight. When the country needs him, he must bravely rush to become the iron fist of the motherland and defeat all enemies who dare to block the way forward! He must regard honor as his life, he must pursue honor, defend honor, and for honor, he must dare to defeat all enemies. This is a soldier, a qualified soldier.
The war-weary veteran in the film is not a qualified soldier, and there is nothing wrong with the nobleman's pursuit of honor. The author's description considers things from the perspective of a literati—or, more likely, a victor who fails to take into account the heroic fighting and honor-seeking spirit of Nazi German soldiers throughout history—or may be deliberately ignored. Perhaps the purpose of this spirit was to demean the performance of German soldiers in World War II?

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Cross of Iron quotes

  • Captain Stransky: A world without women. It's an old theory of mine. Men can get along without women easily. Easily. I tell you a man's true destiny is not just breeding children, all this childbirth and chocolate, but to be free. To rule and to fight. In other words: to lead a man's existence. Women are no more than a nuisance. Sometimes necessary.

  • Unteroffizier Krüger: Stop your fuckin' silly game! This isn't a brothel, this is a war!