So warm, so cruel

Reggie 2022-03-25 09:01:18

Joyeux Noel

Joyeux Noel

Who would have thought that during the First World War, a group of soldiers decided to celebrate Christmas Eve, share food, smoke and alcohol, play poker, and a Scottish priest presided over Mass in Latin; the next day, on Christmas Day, Allow each other to receive the bodies of fallen soldiers. But their kindness and humanity pushed them into the abyss of reality. The Scottish priest was repatriated; the young French soldier was mistakenly killed for wearing German uniforms for drinking ten o'clock coffee with his mother; the German officers and subordinates were taken to the Eastern Front to confront Russia.
This is the warmth, humanity, kindness and cruelty of reality, and the ruthlessness of war.

I have also watched some Daniel Bruch movies, and I know his acting skills are good, but I didn't expect Dan Bu's acting skills to be so good. At that time, he was so young, but he interpreted the majesty and vicissitudes of the German army commander so well. You must know that in a few years, he will play the young Nazi soldier in "Inglourious Basterds", the Nazi prisoner with bad water in the Tranzit concentration camp. In addition, his language skills are really full, and the film freely switches between German, French and English.

Finally, when watching the barrage, I saw such a sentence, the German officer played by Daniel Bruch was simply abusive. Although a German officer, he is indeed Jewish; although German, his wife is French. Think about the experience of the Jews after World War II; in the film he was going to become an enemy with the French; at the end of the film, he and his subordinates were punished to go to the Eastern Front to fight against Tsarist Russia. Although they went through Germany, they could not go home.

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  • Derick 2022-03-25 09:01:18

    May you be happy after Christmas.

  • Uriah 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    Beautiful, sentimental, longing for peace

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  • [addressing a group of young men sent to replace the fraternizing Scottish soldiers]

    Bishop: Christ our Lord said, "Think not that I come to bring peace on earth. I come not to bring peace, but a sword." The Gospel according to St. Matthew. Well, my brethren, the sword of the Lord is in your hands. You are the very defenders of civilization itself. The forces of good against the forces of evil. For this war is indeed a crusade! A holy war to save the freedom of the world. In truth I tell you: the Germans do not act like us, neither do they think like us, for they are not, like us, children of God. Are those who shell cities populated only by civilians the children of God? Are those who advanced armed hiding behind women and children the children of God? With God's help, you must kill the Germans, good or bad, young or old. Kill every one of them so that it won't have to be done again. The Lord be with you.

    All: And also with you.

    Bishop: May God Almighty bless you. The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. Amen.

    All: Amen.

  • [first lines]

    Enfant francais: Child, upon these maps do heed This black stain to be effaced Omitting it, you would proceed Yet better it in red to trace Later, whatever may come to pass Promise there to go you must To fetch the children of Alsace Reaching out their arms to us May in our fondest France Hope's green saplings to branch And in you, dear child, flower Grow, grow, France awaits its hour.

    Enfant anglais: To rid the map of every trace Of Germany and of the Hun We must exterminate that race We must not leave a single one Heed not their children's cries Best slay all now, the women, too Or else someday again they'll rise Which if they're dead, they cannot do.

    Enfant allemand: We have one and only enemy Who digs the grave of Germany Its heart replete with hatred, gall and envy We have one and only enemy The villain raises its murderous hand Its name, you know, is England.

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