In Maria Braun's life, her relationship with the American soldier Bill and the rich French businessman Oswald, in my opinion, is better than the one who registered for marriage after only knowing each other for a week, but the marriage life is only two days and one night. Herman Braun's marriage is more concrete and real.
In fact, I have been thinking about a question: whether Maria and Herman got married because of love, or in the context of war, to confront reality, to prove that they are worthy, and to have each other's belongings and not be alone. In my opinion, they seem to be more concerned with the ceremony of registering the marriage, rather than the actual marriage. And this is the foreshadowing that led to Maria's final tragic life.
She thought she was loyal to Herman's marriage, so when Herman came back, who was misinformed by her comrades who died in battle, she didn't hesitate to take heavy objects even if she was congratulating her pregnancy with Bill, you, and me in the last second. Hit the head of the child's father in her womb. There is an unmistakable moral vigilance about Maria, and at the same time, it is also cold and indifferent. I think in that scene, normal women don't want to see confronting men hurt each other. Normal women are psychologically afraid and hope that the two sides will be separated from each other calmly. And Maria is not. She made her choice very quickly, and she lived braver and stronger than anyone else.
In the process of being tried, Herman was convicted and jailed, and in my opinion, this behavior is more like escape than love. But Maria insisted on proving that their marriage was unbreakable. She was encouraging herself and the other party. They wanted to work together as a community to account for the only remaining marriage.
So Maria got on the train, she cleverly squeezed into the first-class compartment, used her beauty, body, and cleverness to get Oswald, a rich French businessman, and really helped his business. She did not shy away from saying that her English was from the bed The expression she learned was a little sympathetic. It was a moment of repentance and mourning for Bill, but in just a moment, in her heart, a marriage letter was bigger than the real love and sweetness. Such impracticality, such obsession and addiction.
High spiritual loyalty, physical enjoyment, she distinguishes clearly.
Oswald really fell in love with this sophisticated woman. He even made a deal with Herman, and exchanged half of his inheritance for Herman's departure. Of course, it was only a few years. After all, he knew that he would die soon. Carry on. And all this, Maria did not know.
She rejected Oswald's marriage proposal again and again, and lingered with him again and again. It wasn't until she learned of Oswald's death that she went to the restaurant where they last dated and got drunk. Embarrassed and sad, she was supported by a group of male waiters. The foreground of the camera was a pair of hot and cheating restaurant waiters and men. Such a comparison seems like a silent mockery.
Maria was devastated at that moment, but when the doorbell rang the next second, and Herman, who had returned from the scene, was standing outside the door. , she actually didn't know how to face Herman, after all, she still had the sadness of Oswald's death in her heart.
In the end, the promised inheritance was the straw that broke the camel's back. When she learns that she has become a bet on a deal, the marriage she fantasizes about crushes the fragile she. If tragedies are pre-planned, they are more accidental coincidences. She was really disturbed by the news of Oswald's death, and she forgot to turn off the gas valve when she was panicking to light a cigarette. In other words, the balance in her heart has been skewed towards Oswald, which led to the tragedy of final death.
She should be unable to accept that she also belongs to Oswald spiritually in the end, and at the same time, she also hates Herman who takes her as a bet.
So passionate people, don't touch love easily, because it may be the biggest weapon to destroy marriage!
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