The brother in the film is essentially a simple person. In the early days, it was also recognized according to the requirements of the society, if the German army continued to win. Maybe he will not reflect on the legitimacy of his actions in his life, and will not evaluate the value of his actions. The problem was that the Germans were defeated. What's the point of a moth to a flame's sacrifice when failure is inevitable. Where is the value of death? When the so-called future and the so-called honor collapsed, all actions of this simple person were just to survive. He may represent the behavior pattern of the vast majority of people.
The younger brother is a rational person. The absurdity of war and the evil side of human nature have long been recognized. But in it, what can change? Repeated near-death experiences completely numb this young man. The doubt and disdain in his eyes were gradually replaced by emptiness. It's easy to be a so-called good soldier. Do not doubt, do not think, and strictly execute those orders that do not matter where they come from. As in "Band of Brothers", Spier educates timid recruits to treat himself as a dying man, with no mercy and no pain. A person may force himself to do something he does not agree with for a short period of time, but he must also bear the backlash of these behaviors on his heart. A person who considers himself to be mortal may be truly afraid in the face of the hope of life. Death is a kind of commitment, but also a kind of relief.
The singer is a very real person. Brave, stupid, vain, kind... When everything comes from someone else's reward, all you can do is to give up everything or to please. Unwilling to give up, and no reason to challenge the patience of the superior. The cruel treatment is also expected! Innocent and willful character, in troubled times, enough to lethal.
Nurse, I never understood, but I finally survived. It has been entangled between indoctrinated creeds and humanity. What I insisted on before, was later violated by myself little by little. If there was no war and no Nazi advocacy, she would have been a housewife living a happy life with a little kindness. It's a little consolation that she survived!
Jews, the only real survivors. Everything is for survival. Although the goal was achieved, the war took away everything he had except his life, family, love, friendship... The last paragraph of the film was given to him. Let us see a husk in the dust chasing the ashes.
A good war movie always makes people hate war. Personally, I believe that the degree of reflection of a society on war represents the degree of civilization of the nation. The existence of war itself is the greatest challenge to human civilization. The cruelty of war is one of life and death, and the annihilation of human nature is even more terrifying. Even the wolves chose to stay away.
After watching the whole film, I had to think about it. There is an old saying that if you kill 10,000 people, you will lose 3,000. If the war comes, should you and I belong to the one in ten thousand, the one in three thousand, or the remaining empty shell.
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