It is a labyrinth, don't lose yourself in it.

Rosalia 2022-04-03 09:01:12

The 39th Hong Kong International Film Festival, this is my first time watching a German film. Under the huge four-story screen, I sat in the first row, looking up at the subtitles and the plot, listening to the German original sound, quietly Finished watching this movie. For this movie, the reason for the four stars is that this movie is a movie without suspense, and the shooting method does not have any curiosity. Because of the language, the emotional part is not easy to resonate. But this movie makes me admire, why? This is the history that the Germans face up to themselves. The Germans' trial of the Germans is a shocking event in itself. Now the Germans have filmed him for the whole world to see, to see their conscience and their attitude towards Ossingwell Prison. The indifference and sense of justice show the nation's deep reflection and remorse for history. This is a trial drama of history. "Did you think this was a summer camp by the river!?" A question drew us closer to the movie. At the beginning, just after the end of World War II, everyone started a new life in silence. The male protagonist is a young prosecutor whose best friend is a prison survivor, but refuses to mention everything about life inside the prison. He became curious and opened this Pandora's box to investigate the truth about Osinwell Prison. Those cold-blooded lies began to jump to the front, all the narrative angles of the film are the victim's point of view, the male protagonist stole the list from a friend, and it said "Death by Attempt to Escape", murder. The victim did not know the people inside. "Where? Still there?" These Nazis are looking for "ordinary" perpetrators. 600,000 silent sheets of paper record everything. "A good businessman will carefully record all the process" 600,000 information. The male protagonist and his colleagues read it carefully and read it carefully. Call the victims one by one and listen to their stories. Surgery without anesthesia, twins are sewn together with needles and thread, the child's head is slammed against the wall, and people pick up hats and shoot them. The final last victim not only lamented "why are they dead and I'm still alive". In the process, the male protagonist is approaching the brink of collapse again and again, and the boss says to the male protagonist: "It is a labyrinth, don't lose yourself in it. This is a labyrinth, don't lose yourself" The attorney general also had difficulty accepting the truth in Osinwell, facing the process of judging ordinary people, all of them are bad people, all of them are questionable, and some of them even became the government later Official, it means the whole country needs to go to trial. No one wants to accept this kind of life. He said "You know what? I love the country and still do, despite it happening. "Who is the culprit?" "Everyone" It is not so easy to uncover the scars of history and the people around you. The male protagonist's father, friends, the father of the person he has always loved, and the mother's new fiancé are all Nazis. The male protagonist is the most tangled: ""I always wanted to fight for justice, but now I suddenly don't know what it is..." The female protagonist is very beautiful, she doesn't care about politics, she only cares about a small life, she The values ​​of the hero and the hero are in conflict in the plot. At first, I felt that this role was a bit redundant. It seemed that it existed purely for love, but it was not, although the pace of the story was a bit slow. This is the first time I've seen a German film. The footage is very German, with rich colors, reddish and greenish in color. Inside the monopoly game, the costumes all reveal the post-war colors. The tone of the music is heavy and chanted intermittently, giving me a feeling of sadness. This film is not about justice, but a reflection on history and society. From the perspective of German reflection on World War II, the Frankfurt trial may be more valuable. The two-month-long trial has attracted widespread media attention in West Germany. More than 20,000 people attended the trial, many of them primary and secondary school students. The value of this trial is that it holds these SS officers personally responsible for the massacre. This movie is an acknowledgement of this trial. Taking history as a mirror, this is a new starting point for the Germans. The Germanic nation can afford to win and lose, and it does not forget history, which I admire very much. We, too, cannot hide history. At first I thought that the Chief Inspector was the big boss, but as expected, I watched too many unorthodox dramas and this kind of brain hole opened up. The narrative is good, but it fails to open up a discussion about the law, and it's all about making the victim's story heard. The male protagonist is very handsome, like Harvey in the lawsuit duo. Finally, put the words of the heroine: "How beautiful life is." The princess hug appeared in the heavy tones, and the girl's heart swelled.

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Labyrinth of Lies quotes

  • Major Parker: You were all Nazis. In the Eastern sector, now you are all communists. Jesus, you Germans! If little green men from Mars landed tomorrow, you would all become green.

  • Johann Radmann: ...the only response to Auschwitz is to do the right thing yourself.