From a realistic point of view, the war is not a single event in which Fang Qiu commands thousands of troops, but consists of the suffering of hundreds of millions of families at the same time, but now our domestic TV dramas are consuming our suffering war history. And use mythical stories and frivolous plots to fabricate and slander history. When domestic dramas began to "tear devils by hand" and "resurrected with blood on the spot", the German World War II miniseries "Our Fathers" gave a powerful answer to the truth of history and war.
After a war, the winners keep their names, while the losers are often buried in the ruins of history. We can often see images such as "Band of Brothers" and "The Banner of the Fathers" that reflect the texture of World War II. There are many films with the British, American, French and other allied forces as the main perspective, but for a long time, it is rare to see the defeat It is a movie or TV series that reflects war and people from the perspective of the country. "Our Fathers" fills this gap. It is different from the American war movie with the theme of universal values. The theme of "Our Fathers" is closer to realism. Five ordinary Berlin The different life trajectories of young people represent the experience of most ordinary Germans in the whole war. The narrative of five lines is inseparable, and the five strands of lines weave the whole story together in the form of gathering and gathering. The self-examination of the Germans in the war was more three-dimensional and multi-faceted, and the struggle of individuals in the torrent of the times was expressed in a universal form, which also made this examination and reflection rise to a broader and deeper level. On the other hand, our domestic war dramas have long been stereotyped to portray positive heroes to narrate history, rigid and superficial, ignoring the most important humanistic care and realistic expressiveness, and war has become a superficial symbol. This itself is a biased restoration of history, because it is not heroes who shape history, but thousands of ordinary people. For a long time, it is difficult to see that our domestic dramas can move the camera down steadily, and it is very It is difficult to see that domestic war dramas can restore the essence of history in a hierarchical manner, because the producers themselves lack sufficient awe and respect for history, and also lose the ability to penetrate the essence of war. Before the filming of "Our Fathers", an eight-year preliminary investigation was conducted, ranging from officers of the National Defense Forces to deserters and nurses, using a large number of detailed historical materials to lay a solid historical foundation for the TV series, and on this basis A true and objective restoration of the truth of the war. In the story, the older brother, Captain Wilhelm, went from a combative commander to a war-weary soldier and finally became a deserter, while his younger brother, Friedhelm, went from a soldier who initially had doubts about the war to a killing machine to finally committing suicide. With clarity and depth, war brings the worst to these young souls. All these struggles and pains are not untouchable history, let alone legends, because this is the real experience of the German fathers. Individuals are the hostages of the times. In the face of the times, the kidnapped individuals have absolutely no ability to resist. From the youthful and energetic young people in the small hotel in Berlin in 1941, to the survivors whose souls were devastated after the defeat of Germany in 1945, we see what the truth of the war is. The funny thing is,
The fate of individuals is closely related to the times. From an ordinary person, we can learn the information of the times. "Our Fathers" has triggered ordinary Germans to re-cognition of historical truth and self-examination. The main instigator and the defeated country, when the Germans face the truth of the war, there may be more complicated emotions that we cannot understand. The complexity of human nature creates the complexity of war. The complex human nature and the transformation of self-recognition in war are the themes of "Our Fathers", and the attributes of ordinary people also bring more recognition to people, because this It is a microcosm of their parents. "Our Fathers" also set an example for our country's war dramas. When we face those shoddy and cookie-cutter anti-Japanese mythical dramas, should we ask ourselves whether we have betrayed history, or whether we are just taking war And history as a cheap consumer product? When we see war as a way of venting our combative instincts, are we forgetting what real war is?
"Our Fathers" is a collective memory and self-reflection of the Germans, an objective attitude close to reality and a profound reflection on war and human nature. It is destined to make this war mini-series with the Axis as the main perspective a unique War movie landscape.
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