A Hidden Life--German Historical Biographical Film

Jerrell 2022-08-02 14:21:26

The plot of "A Hidden Life" (A Hidden Life) is a 2019 German historical biographical film directed by Terrence Malick, starring August Diehl, Michael Enquist, Matthias Starring Schoenaier, and Jurgen Prosnow, adapted from real events. The plot tells the story of the outbreak of World War II, when Austrian peasant Franz was forced to leave his hometown to join the army. He refused to swear allegiance to the Nazis in the army, and his return to his hometown was also regarded as a traitor by the villagers. From winter to spring, conscription in Austria is in full swing. Franz once again received a list of soldiers and faced a choice. He still refused to swear allegiance to Hitler, loyal to his conscience, faith, and caring for his family. Even if his body was imprisoned, he still had a free mind.

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  • Mollie 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    Not the Malik that a Malik fan had been expecting.

  • Darius 2022-03-20 09:02:35

    What Malik did is: use English to oppose German, use agriculture and villages to oppose military industry and towns, use Heidegger to oppose the misunderstood Nietzsche in the later period, and use looking around-worked daily to oppose all symbolic social identities; Why do these elements that seem to be in line with his usual creative ideas make the film fall into a single exhausting emotion? The key is that the goal of "using secrets against whiteness" has never been truly achieved. The characters no longer settle in unknown encounters, They retreat before leaving home; the natural gods no longer stand in the strange scenery, and they are called by their names without appearing. Since the poetic sayings have been replaced by the rigid preaching, the indoctrinating divine enlightenment There are no scenes hidden underneath, and the work has not been able to open a world-because it has never put the world back in a lock. A film about "secret" itself is exposed to broad daylight, but the dark truth is Expressing the dramatic coercion of the chest, words lose the power of naming: the protagonist sends out an incomprehensible question to the heavens, the earth and the gods, but we know that the reason for the lack of answers is to ask the wrong question.

A Hidden Life quotes

  • Fani Jägerstätter: You said knock - it will be opened. Ask - it will be given.

  • [first lines]

    Franz Jägerstätter: [narrating] I thought that we could build our nest high up, in the trees. Fly away, like birds - to the mountains.