Defection, a term used to describe defections in the war years, is frequently used in modern times to define illegal border crossings as ideological and throwing into opposing camps. "Balloon" is about two East German families who defected to the country through hot air balloons. Historical events in West Germany. It is also a German-language film about civilians in the Cold War. Although this film is far from being as cold and profound as "Eavesdropping Storm", it also makes an uncomplicated story compact, with twists and turns and a tense atmosphere. It is a very entertaining movie. work.
As a member of the Eastern camp, we are no strangers to stories of defections. Resisting the sugar-coated cannonballs of the Western world and avoiding being corrupted by the enemy's money and materials has always been the focus of the ideological work of the society. Of course, it is not surprising that there will always be temptations to surrender to desire. But what confuses us the most about this film is that the two defecting families do not seem to conform to our stereotyped image - they both have a harmonious family, a prosperous population, a house and a car, and no career. Pressure, and no burdens in life, this is evident from the fact that they can spend huge sums of money to make hot air balloons twice. No matter what they put on, they are properly middle-class. But it was the East Germans whose material living conditions far exceeded the level of our country at the same time, but they chose to defect.
In our conventional understanding, a law-abiding citizen has the right to freely enter and exit the borders of his homeland. He may not be able to go to any country at will, but at least his homeland will not prevent him from leaving with power grids and machine guns. This is normal in the eyes of ordinary people, but in some countries it becomes the deadliest crime. What makes a decent middle-class run the risk of spending the rest of his life in a labor camp, leaving his descendants to be orphaned in welfare institutions, or even risking his family being machine-gunned into sieves, and still defect to the West? This question is exactly the same as the words of the Stasi leader who was chasing the defectors when he induced the guards, "We only want to pursue fairness and fraternity for all the people and make the world a better place... Since they like West Germany so much, why not let them go What?" Because the Stasi actually understood that once there were no borders, once people were allowed to come and go freely, no one would want to stay.
During the Cold War, East Germany has always been the showcase of the socialist camp. Until the 1980s, its per capita GDP ranked first among socialist countries, but this first place was only equivalent to a quarter of West Germany's per capita GDP. The gap opened only a few decades after the split. In the 1950s, the national borders were not yet separated. East Germany, with a population of less than 17 million, had as many as 2.7 million civilians, accounting for nearly one-sixth of the population fled to West Germany, many of whom were intellectuals, technicians and other societies. The elite, directly led to the establishment of the Berlin Wall. In order to maintain its rule, East Germany resumed the old business of the Gestapo and established a huge secret police force. Before the reunification of the two Germanys, there were as many as hundreds of thousands of people in East Germany with a population of only 18 million directly or indirectly. Tassie service! The Stasi penetrated so pervasively into the crevices of people's lives that they plunged the country into a decades-long white terror of being a political prisoner for making a joke about Honecker.
Of course, the Western world also has its ugliness. It has the ruthless exploitation of capitalists, the proliferation of McCarthyism, racial discrimination, and the violent collision of ideologies. In history, many defectors have finally fled from West Germany to the East. Germany. But West Germany did not imprison people's bodies and souls because of the people's dissatisfaction. People living here will not pay the price of freedom or even their lives because of complaints against the country. They still have the opportunity to choose and have everything to society. The right to say no. The pursuit of freedom is the innate instinct of all life. This yearning for freedom cannot be easily blocked by a wall, a power grid, or a machine gun. The more people who have already met their food and clothing needs, the more urgently they will pursue the realization of self-worth. The already rigid East German society cannot give them the freedom and hope to realize their dreams, both spiritually and institutionally. The most essential difference in morality. Although, even in West Germany, it may not be possible to realize the ideal life value of defectors, but at least there are opportunities for them to try and fight. To a certain extent, this is actually the reason why many people around us would rather 996 than go to a state-owned enterprise to clock in and get off work on time. No matter how dim the hope is, it is more desirable than seeing the end of life at a glance.
Walls are generally for external use, and only one type of wall is for internal protection, and that is prison. The two families in the film are the lucky ones in prison. Neither the Stasi neighbor's daughter nor the kindergarten teacher betrayed them. The stepfather, who mocked himself as "the worst" as soon as he appeared, also silently gave to his unrelated stepson. With spiritual support. It is the goodwill that shines with the light of humanity in these cages so that the defectors can finally be cared for by the wings of freedom, and also makes warmth the biggest highlight of this film compared with "Eavesdropping Storm".
The color of the camp is not a sign that distinguishes right from wrong. The gears of history will break all the shackles that bind human nature. Survival and endless life are the most powerful proofs for judging whether the social system is progressing or not. Our system has peacefully passed 70 years, and we are all qualified to review the past of human beings with sufficient confidence. Whether it is good or bad, it is enlightenment, so that we can move towards a bright future that belongs to us more firmly.
Wonderful, recommend, consider collecting.
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