—if there is no kindness, everyone will be an orphan
. Perhaps the phrase "God is dead" is not very pleasing, and even if you investigate it carefully, it has a bit of apocalyptic tragedy. These four words can't be more accurate to describe this film.
"The First Year of Germany" is a film based on Berlin after World War II. As shown in the "Introduction" made in black on a white background at the beginning, Rossellini used the life of a child to interpret the most fundamental and most missing kindness in the world. , the kind of Christian love. Post-war Germany, a devastated and devastated country, a former empire whose confidence, hope and enthusiasm collapsed in an instant, lived the same people who were devastated, devastated, and lost their confidence and hope. Edmund's family rented a small dilapidated house. A small amount of rations, a seriously ill father and a former soldier eldest brother who dared not register their hukou, almost drained Edmund and his sister. Surviving suddenly became much more difficult than it was in wartime, Edmund's father said "property is taken away by inflation, children are taken away by Hitler." If "war is terrible", then "After the war, it is even more terrifying." When the sensible little Edmund tried various ways to make a living but failed, he chose "Father Killing".
Edmund decides to do what he thinks is right—kill his father, lighten the burden, and hopefully make life better for the rest of the family. Edmund after the murder of his father was like a little Satan, who suddenly fell from the kingdom of heaven into the abyss of hell, and became the reference of "good" - the representative of "evil". In fact, in Edmund's view, the "sin" was motivated by the teacher's words - those who are going to die will always die, and early death can reduce the burden. So when the teacher learned of his father-killing and slapped him and cursed him as a "murderer," Edmund couldn't take it anymore. Ironically, the director Rossellini put the church and the sound of the holy organ in front of Edmund. For Edmund, this "Love" spokesperson is just a symbol. In this era and this place, Meaningless. So Edmund turned his back on the church and walked in the opposite direction. It is not so much that Edmund betrayed "Mercifulness", it is better to say that "Mercifulness" betrayed Edmund, the world, and humanity.
Richie in Desica's "The Bicycle Thief", if placed with Edmund, would be Sibib and Satan. It was when Edmund realized his "unforgivable sin" that he chose to commit suicide by jumping off the building in the dilapidated house opposite his "home". Finally, Satan is dead, and so is the good. Nietzsche seems to have become a prophet, both about human nature and about God.
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