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A pair of old people can't walk in the new sunshine after all
Idell 2022-03-25 09:01:19
A low-key film, related to the story. After the war, the former Nazi officer Max became the night shift concierge of the hotel. He met his former lover Lucia by chance, and brought back a sadistic past in the concentration camp. The hero and heroine who want to put aside their past identities and live a quiet life are not tolerated by the remnant Nazi organizations that try their best to cover up their crimes. The two were trapped in the apartment, the food was decreasing day by day, and despair shrouded their heads. On the dark and windy night of the last night, Max put back on his Nazi uniform, put on a girly skirt for Lucia, and drove the car until dawn. The two walked on the bridge, arm in arm and shoulder to shoulder, leaving a calm back, like a pair of intimate lovers strolling leisurely, watching the city wake up. The old couple are in a new era. The jingling morning bell is signaling the arrival of dawn, as if it is also an elegy for the two of them. Two gunshots, both fell down...
Extended Reading
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Max: My little girl - you, you remember my little girl, don't you? My little girl is waiting for me. Bye.
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[first lines]
Stumm: Good evening.
Max: You're early.
Stumm: I want to get off early tomorrow morning. Ah, here are the flowers, the newspaper and the cigarettes that the countess asked for.
Max: [puts the flowers in a vase] Thank you.
Stumm: Has she called down?
Max: I don't know.
Stumm: You're always sending only me out to buy things for her.
Max: [annoyed] You get tipped, don't you?
Stumm: [sarcastic; shrugs] Oh.