Deutsche Year Zero

Chelsey 2022-03-25 09:01:19

Taking the death of the father as the threshold, before death is typical neo-realism, the content is ordinary people struggling for basic living conditions; after death, it tends to inner realism, showing that the child is homeless from a certain distance, which is material, It is also a spiritual home. Here Rossellini broke through the limitation that the Italian New Reality only described the lives of Italians. However, this practice shows that the aesthetic ideas of Neorealism are also applicable to Germany, because Germany, like Italy, was controlled by fascism before the war and the people were struggling. Later, it was filled with broken tiles and ruins and the hearts of the people who were also abandoned.

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  • Karl-Heinz: Who gave you money to buy cigarettes?

    Edmund: It was a gift.

    Karl-Heinz: From who? Those bad boys you go stealing with?

    Edmund: It wasn't boys. It was a girl.

    Karl-Heinz: You should be ashamed of yourself.

    Edmund: Why? Everybody does it.

    Karl-Heinz: That's not a reason.

    Edmund: Her name is Christl. She's all alone, and she sleeps in a basement. She's a nice girl. I like her. She gives cigarettes to all her friends. You should have a woman to take care of you.

    Karl-Heinz: A woman? That's all I need. Like this bitch of a life wasn't enough.

    Edmund: Don't talk like that! Have courage!

    Karl-Heinz: I had courage. A soldier can lose everything but his courage. But now I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm less than useless, another mouth to feed.

  • Il medico: His heart is very weak. His whole condition is bad.

    Eva: What can we do?

    Il medico: He needs nutritrious foods, vitamins.

    Eva: How can we do that, Doctor?

    Edmund: With the cards we have, we can't get more

    Il medico: Yes, I know. It's the same all over. The best thing would be to get him into a hospital. But they are all more than full.

    Karl-Heinz: Couldn't we at least try, Doctor?

    Il medico: Cases worse than his have not been admitted.