The specter of totalitarianism

Demarco 2022-03-23 09:03:06

A short sentence summarizing this film I think is "German version of World War II, the Dead Poets Society without the captain"



This is a story that happened in a school where Germany provided future young members of the SS during World War II, and is similar to "The Destruction of the Empire", "The Last Days of Sophie Sol" was listed by the Germans as the "End War Trilogy" for the 60th anniversary of World War II.



What is the education of a totalitarian soldier-led society? What is campus life like? These questions are answered in this film. The



militarized life, weapon training is a part of life, the friendship like us, the prying and curiosity of the girls. However, it is full of opposition The brainwashing of Jewish education, the indoctrination of the weak and the strong, the stencil of collectivism. The



most terrifying point of education is that it can stigmatize children who have no ideological resistance... This is what all authoritarian regimes do, to establish a As an enemy, the state attracts the hatred of the whole people, and leads the people's dissatisfaction. Everything is their fault (look at the present of North Korea, and let the Buddha see yesterday's China)



. A sentence that is misinterpreted and regarded as a treasure by National Socialist Germany. The concept in Darwin's theory of evolution is only "survival of the fittest", and at the same time does not point out the advantages or disadvantages of evolutionary development, it is just a probability of mutation. In the age of dinosaurs, herbivores needed to grow very large to fend off predators. At this time, the big ones were easy to survive. In the era after the meteorite impact, the small mammals consumed less calories to survive. Large and small , which is better or worse?



Speaking of modern China is a group of "no belief" generation, what is their so-called belief? Is it the ghost of collectivism? The educated youth also wore Red Guard clothes and sang red songs.

Stockholm Syndrome... This is really a part of human nature that will not disappear. It reminds me that when the Qing army entered the customs, it was necessary to force the Han people to shave their hair and keep their hair. Braids, and then after a hundred years, the old and young of the Han nationality cry again not to shave braids

. If belief is such a thing, then it is really not worth it.



Another recommended movie review... The author is proficient in German and loves German history in World War II, especially the Air Force. His movie reviews are weighty and good-looking

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  • Gracie 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    This kind of German film is really simple and rude, and it exposes problems very directly. Tom Sheerin plays the bad guy and plays the cowardly person very well, on par with Joseph (Jonas). Story 8.5, Tom Schilling 0.5 points, 8.2 currently.

  • Lonzo 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    The various national and human struggles of paying taxes. The visual impact of the red background tax sign hanging on the wall is really good.

Before the Fall quotes

  • Christoph Schneider: Pull yourself together!

    Albrecht Stein: Pull myself together? Do you know what we just did? You shouldn't have shot! You shouldn't have shot!

    Tjaden: I didn't give the order. Your father said they had guns!

    Albrecht Stein: Why are you looking at me like that?

    Friedrich Weimer: I'm not looking at you.

    Albrecht Stein: I know what you're thinking. Don't look at me like that!

  • Albrecht Stein: [reading from his essay] "As childish as it sounds, the winter time and the sight of freshly fallen snow always fill us with inexplicable joy. Perhaps because as children, we associated it with Christmas. I always imagine myself the hero who killed dragons, rescued virgins, and freed the world from evil. As we went out yesterday to find the prisoners, I felt like that little boy who wanted to save the world."

    Vogler: Albrecht, stop.

    Albrecht Stein: But as we returned, I understood that I am part of the evil that I wanted to save us from.

    Vogler: Albrecht, stop.

    Albrecht Stein: Shooting prisoners is wrong. They were not armed, as Governor Stein told us, to incite us. We didn't shoot men, only children.

    Vogler: Out!