The time ambiguity generated by the setting of the World War II story in the current environment leads the viewing psychology to constantly oscillate between the thrilling history of the Jews fleeing during the occupation and the encounters of refugees in the Middle East today; but Petzold is still too persistent in presenting a complete rhapsody. The twists and turns weaken the imaginative pleasure of the text brought about by the ambiguity of the setting. But in this era when melodrama is generally relegated to a dog-blood TV series, this insistence may be an anti-aesthetic trend, but the trend is always short-lived and narrow-minded grandstanding, but Petzold is more valuable in continuing a great type of tradition.
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