"Flee Me" can be regarded as the inspiration for Quentin's "Inglourious Basterds": the rebellion takes place in the theater (the set is very similar), the young handsome young soldier leaves halfway, the beautiful actress's spy status...
The protagonists are two "great" Polish actors, and this is repeatedly emphasized in the film, which makes the development of the film reasonable. Their names are Maria and Joseph, which are the names of Jesus' physical parents, which also reflects their "extraordinary ability" in the movie to always be able to save danger.
The film echoes the beginning and end many times, and the structure is compact. The inscription line "To Be or not to Be" is not only an ordinary line on the stage, but also Joseph's love for his acting career (he bit out this line angrily when he saw the pilot Sobinski leave the theater), and it is also his love for his motherland. A cavity of love (when he thought that Professor Siletsky was going to shoot him, he shouted "Long Live Poland", which also reflected the heroism of the movie's title, quite a kind of "I don't go to hell, who goes to hell" decision)
When watching a movie, the attention will often wander between the reality and the pretense of the movie world: worrying about the exposure of the Allied identity in reality, but also laughing at the clever concealment. The film was shot in 1942, during World War II. Therefore, humor in brutal wars is all the more precious for peace.
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