Character:
Lieutenant Hart Purpose: Escaping one's own sense of shame / Helping black people to fight the reality of injustice and fairness / Helping
American Colonel McLamara Purpose:
White Sergeant Bedford
German Colonel Fischer
Black Pilot Howard
Black Pilot Archer
About the plot:
After the Normandy landings, Lieutenant Hart was assigned by his Senate father to the rear of Europe to do paperwork, but the top student at Yale Law School has always wanted to go to the front.
In a simple escort mission, Hart was unfortunately attacked and arrested, and then tortured by the Nazis to extract a confession. With the guilt of being forced to confess, Hart was sent to the American prisoner of war concentration camp next to the military factory. Due to the restrictions of the Geneva Convention, the German army The prisoner of war autonomy system was implemented in the prisoner of war camp. At that time, the commander of the prisoner of war, the American Colonel, thought that Lieutenant Hart was suspected of betraying his own army, so he arranged it into the inferior soldier's barracks, and arranged for him to take care of the two tall and short who had just entered the prisoner of war camp. black pilot.
Racial discrimination was still very serious in the camp at the time. Shortly after moving in, the short black pilot was framed by a white sergeant, and the Nazis skipped the trial and shot him on the spot. A few days later the white sergeant was killed one night. , the tall black pilot was caught at the scene. At the request of the American colonel, the German colonel agreed to convene a court in the theater to hear the case this time. During the several conflicts during the evidence collection process, Hart's alumni, who were also Yale-graduated German alumni, provided Hart with a lot of information, but Hart and the American colonel became more and more competitive.
During an accidental follow-up, Hart discovered the tunnel that everyone was secretly digging in the theater cabin. He realized that he had been kept in the dark by the American colonel. The colonel told Hart that the white sergeant had discovered the tunnel and wanted to report it to him. The Germans informed him, so he had to get rid of him, everything was designed by them, and the chance for a trial was just a pretense, all to attract the attention of the Germans on the day of the verdict, and escape from the prison through the underground passage in the theater , the tall black pilot who had been shouting unfairness told Hart that he was willing to sacrifice for everyone.
In the last court session, for the safety of the black pilot, the safety of his comrades, and the escape plan, Hart confessed his guilt to the German army at the final judgment, saying that he was the murderer. The German colonel who felt deceived angrily terminated the court and demanded all People gathered in the playground and shot Hart on the spot.
When counting the number of people in the playground, the tunnel escape was revealed. The German colonel was furious to kill all the remaining prisoners of war. At this moment, the American colonel, who had escaped safely, returned to the concentration camp alone with the explosion of the arms factory, expressing hope. He took everything with his own life. The German colonel shot through the head of his friend, the American colonel. The body of the colonel in the dark won a long salute from the soldiers.
Act Rhythm:
Disruption Event (Inciting Event): Hart is captured in an ambush during a simple escort mission. 4
Act 1 Turning Point (Climax/Hook): Hart is seen betraying his own troops while extorting a confession, and is driven to the soldier's barracks. 25 Act 2 Turning
Point (Climax/Hook): Hart took the initiative to take
the blame Act 6 Minutes Theme: Glory Basic Action: Sacrificing Hart to get rid of the guilt he had been forced to confess. Field rhythm: In the first act , Lieutenant Hart offered to send the captain to the 109 staging area. (Hart's shame -) The captain mentioned on the way that Hart had a Senate father, so that Hart could stay comfortably in the back, making Hart feel a little ashamed. (Hart's shame +) Hart and the captain encountered a sneak attack by German troops disguised as gendarmerie on the road, the captain was killed, and Hart was captured. (Hart's shame +) Hart was tortured and forced to confess by the German army in a Nazi prison. Hart was escorted onto a train bound for the POW camp. Soldiers give Hart cold protection (Hart's shame +)
The commander taught Hart how to keep his feet warm (Hart's shame +) The
soldier told the female prisoners of war on the opposite train to make blank bombs that would not explode (foreshadowing)
The German prisoner-carrying train was hit by an American plane on the way, the prisoner of war They used the human body to display the words "prisoners of war" to avoid further manslaughter. Hart really saw the death of his comrades, the cruelty of war. (Hart's shame +)
German Colonel Fischer hanged 4 Russian prisoners of war trying to escape when Hart and his party arrived at the prison camp. American Colonel McLamara led everyone to salute the Russians, ironic Germany's racial policy, Fissel countered with the fact that the Allies had been rout on the front. (Fissel and McLamara relationship-) (Hart and Fissel-)
Hart lied under the questioning of Colonel McLamara and concealed the fact that he confessed in a Nazi prison, after Hart Arranged by the colonel to the soldier's barracks, Hart felt very ashamed that he had confessed, and in the officers' barracks he felt the unfriendly rejection of his comrades. (Hart's shame++) (McLamara treats Hart--)
Act II
Hart moves into the soldier's barracks and is welcomed by Sergeant Bedford. (Relationship between Hart and Bedford +)
Hart went to the toilet at night and found that the hut was a secret passage out of the barracks at night. (Foreshadowing/first meaning: Hart was not familiar with POW camps, and there were many things he didn't know/second meaning: preventing Hart and Howard from telling the truth)
When he woke up in the morning, Hart received a Deford gave him new shoes and socks, and when they assembled at the playground, the soldiers talked about Hart's new outfit, and the old soldier told the newcomer that the shoe factory next to the camp was actually making bullet casings, and the two who had just arrived at the camp. black pilot. (Hart's relationship with Bedford +) (Foreshadowing)
Colonel McLamara asked Hart to take care of the two black pilots who moved into the soldier's barracks. (McLamara treats Hart -)
Hart led two black pilots into the soldier's barracks, and was strongly resisted by the white soldiers, especially Bedford, who also had an affair with the pilot Archer. conflict. (Hart's relationship with Bedford -) (Hart's relationship with Negro +)
Hart noticed what Bedford was sneaking up on at night, but didn't care. (Foreshadowing the first meaning: Bedford was doing something unfavorable to Hart or black people "Before Bedford's exclusion" / Second meaning: Bedford was framing Archer "Detecting the Archer belt" "Weapon" / The third meaning: Bedford in secret deal with the Germans "Why McLamara killed Archer")
Bedford kept throwing bread at the opposite Russian POW camp while playing football, There was a robbery. The Germans fired a warning shot and, at the signal of Fischer, shot again to focus on Bedford's palm. Colonel McLamara stepped forward to check Bedford's injury, and then threw the bread on the ground to the opposite side. But this time Fischer gestured not to shoot. (McLamara's relationship with Bedford + / Consistent with killing Bedford in the back) (Fisser and McLamara's relationship +) (McLamara calm -) (McLamara Brave+)
Hart had an argument with Bedford over the treatment of blacks, and Bedford asked for Hart's watch in return for giving him shoes. (Hart's relationship with Bedford --) (Hart's relationship with Negroes +)
Hart wanted Archer and Howard to sit in the front row of the theater as well, and they thanked them. (Hart's relationship with blacks++)
Arch was framed by Bedford for holding a weapon and shot by the Germans. (Hart's relationship with Bedford--)
McLamara and Fischer clashed over whether it was right to shoot on the spot, McLamara was going to Soldier's Camp, Fischer sent someone to destroy the officers' battalion radio Demonstration. (Fissel's relationship with McLamara—)
The German plane shot down by American fighter jets crashed into the concentration camp, and the burning wreckage set fire to the officers' barracks. McLamara and Bedford looked at each other. (Foreshadowing of the first layer of meaning: there is a connection between McLamara and Bedford / The second layer of meaning: McLamara saw Bedford’s abnormal behavior and decided to kill him to avoid future troubles)
McLamara inspects the burned wreckage of the officers' barracks, and Hart and the captain talk in the corner about the colonel, who reveals that the colonel already knew Hart's lies. (McLamara treats Hart-)
Bedford was killed, Howard was found at the scene, McLamara wooed Fischer to set up a court to try the case, and Hart was named as Howard's attorney. (Relationship between Hart and Fischer +) (Fissel and McLamara +)
Hart returned to the soldier's barracks and felt the unfriendly attitude of his comrades. (Hart and his comrades-)
The blacks resented being framed and dissatisfied with Hart's attitude toward him. (Hart's relationship with black people -)
Hart refused to reveal what he told McLamara Howard, McLamara warned Hart not to let Howard talk about the hut, Hart said that Howard had no hope of trial in his heart. (
McLamara treats Hart-) (Foreshadowing) Fischer gave Hart the information in the morgue to investigate the case, revealing that he is Hart's alumni, and will help Hart as much as possible. (Fissel treats Hart +)
During the first trial, the prosecution's witness, Bedford's friend Weber, gave false testimony. The situation was very unfavorable for Howard. After the court, Weber ignored Hart's questioning. And accused Hart of helping blacks. (Hart and his comrades--)
Howard's father was a member of the front-line Heroes Corps in World War I. Hart's father had a mixed resume in the rear command during World War I, and was not very honorable. (Hart's shame +) (Hart's relationship with black people +)
Hart accepted the court manual given to him by Fischer, when Fissel talked about his son's death in battle, he said that he also killed in World War I Many other people's sons did not hold narrow hatred, and Hart let Hart read the manual before rudely saying goodbye. (Fissel treats Hart++)
In court, Hart used the knowledge in the court manual to express his resistance to the court and demanded a change of judge. McLamara reprimanded him by taking Hart out of the courtroom and ordered him to No longer allowed to accept Fischer's offer, Hart disdains McLamara's behavior and looks down on him. (McLamara treats Hart--)
The German army on the front line retreated step by step, Fissel used alcohol to ease his worries, and rejected McLamara who wanted to fight him. McLamara warned Fissel of the German army. You're about to fail, don't try to keep calling the shots. (Fissel and McLamara +)
In the second trial, Hart presented strong evidence that Bedford was murdered by a white man, but was refuted by the prosecution's lawyers who caught them not being able to tell the hut. Howard made a powerful and sensational speech. Injustice for yourself. (Howard and +++)
McLamara gave Howard a new covenant of his own. (McLamara to Howard +)
Hart found evidence of Bedford's dealings and whistleblowers with the Germans. (Find out)
Hart tried to prove in court that it was the Germans who intended to kill and trade Bedford with them and then sacrifice and frame Howard, just as he framed Archer before, but as Fischer said they didn't need to frame them and let them be slaughtered The prisoners of war were refuted. (Fissel treats Hart -)
Hart followed Webb at night and saw the tunnel, (surprise, from the main contradiction before black is life or death? to whether it can be successfully escaped?) In the dialogue with McLamara , he knew that all the arrangements were for the escape plan, and the colonel killed Bedford (surprise, the secondary contradiction, was Bedford killed by Howard? The answer is: Bedford was killed by the colonel.) In order to avoid He informs again. Howard must be sacrificed, Hart believes that McLamara is the one who should bear the blame, and the two argue again. (McLamara treats Hart--) (Discover) McLamara
pretends to faint from food poisoning
Died to cover the escape. (Howard +4) (Hart to McLamara -)
Act III
Hart decides to sacrifice himself at the end of his closing statement, saying that he was the one who killed Bedford. Fischer immediately decided to execute Hart, and McLamara, who heard this, continued the escape process. (Hart's shame ---) (McLamara to Hart ---) (Fissel to Hart ---)
During the gathering at the playground, Fissel found an authentic secret during the search and wanted to shoot All the prisoners of war who participated in the military court, McLamara, who had just blown up the munitions factory, returned to the concentration camp, voluntarily confessed to death, and was shot by Fischer. (Fissel treats McLamara +-) (McLamara treats war +++)
Hart's honor
+ Sent Captain
- Senate Father
- Captured
- Sent to Hart to keep warm
- Commander taught Hart
- Saw the death of his comrades, the cruelty of the war
- Very ashamed of confessing
- Unfriendly rejection by his comrades
- Hart His father had a mixed resume in the rear command during the First World War, and it was not very glamorous.
+++++ Finally decided to sacrifice himself . McCramara was assigned to the soldier's barracks by the colonel after
Hart -Hart. Hart was asked to take care of the two black people who moved into the soldier's barracks. Pilot - Captain reveals that Colonel already knew about Hart's lies - Hart refuses to reveal what he told McLamara Howard, McLamara warns Hart not to let Howard tell the hut - McLamra Ra took Hartra out of the courtroom and reprimanded him, ordering him not to accept any more offers from Fischer. Hart was very disdainful of McLamara's behavior— in order to prevent him from whistleblowing again. Howard must be sacrificed, Hart thinks McLamara is the one who should take the blame ---McLamara after hearing this continues the escape process Fissel to Hart -Hang 4 on the spot trying to escape Demonstration of Russian prisoners of war + Fischer gave Hart the information in the morgue to investigate the case, revealing that he is Hart's alumni and will help Hart as much as possible + Hart accepted what Fissel gave him Court Manual - Hart tried to prove in court that the Germans intended to kill and deal with them Bedford and then sacrificed and framed Howard, just as they framed Archer before, but they didn't need to frame them as Fissel said they had already let them slaughter The prisoners of war were refuted --decided to sacrifice himself, saying that he was the murderer of Bedford. Fischer immediately decided to execute Hart
Hart's relationship with Bedford
++ Hart moves into soldier's barracks and is welcomed by Sergeant
Bedford ++ Hart receives new shoes and socks from Bedford
- Hart leads two Negroes The pilot entered the soldier's barracks and was met with strong resistance from the white soldiers, especially Bedford
- Bedford asked for Hart's watch in return for giving him shoes - Arch
was beaten by Bedford Framed with weapons and shot by the Germans
The relationship between Fissel and McLamara - American Colonel McLamara
led everyone to salute the Russians and satirized Germany's racial policy.
Searle signaled not to shoot
--McLamara and Fischer had a conflict over whether the shooting was correct or not, McLamara was going to the soldier's camp, Fischer sent someone to destroy the radio demonstration in the officer's battalion
+McLama Pulled to Fissel to win the establishment of a court to try the case
- + Fissel used alcohol to relieve his worries and rejected McLamara, who wanted to fight with him. McLamara warned Fissel that the army was about to fail, don't Want to continue to issue orders
+ - McLamara returned to the concentration camp, took the initiative to confess to death, was shot by Fischer.
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