"No Man's Work" tells the different lives of the male protagonist as an artist in Nazi Germany, East Germany, and West Germany. Undoubtedly, the topic of the film is very ambitious, and as far as the results are concerned, at least in the East and West Germany part, the hero's personal destiny and the changes of the times can be organically combined. From East Germany to West Germany, we can see that the nature of the male protagonist's work, the attitude of the people around him to art, and the general atmosphere all reflect the distinctive temperament of the times. During the Nazi period, the male protagonist was just a child who passively observed the whole world. This part of the scene was given too much to the father-in-law played by Koch.
However, unlike those sentimental films that try to exaggerate the changing times, "No Man's Work" is still fundamentally a private film about the hero's personal life. Through the male protagonist's perspective, we see all kinds of characters and some of the most important moments in his life. Through the film's judicious handling, these moments resurface in the second half of the film, when the film succeeds in creating an astonishing emotional appeal.
"No Master" is a well-made but sometimes sluggish masterpiece that touches me with its tenderness and affection.
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