Rabe didn't envision himself as a great figure at first, with a great mind. The reason for setting up a refugee safety concentration area in Nanjing is more because of history and the environment. In Nanjing in December 1937, Rabe was about to leave. Rabe, who is a Nazi, will return to Germany with a "Long live Hitler" salute, and the remaining position of Siemens power plant manager will be handed over to his successor. However, the Japanese bombers flying in the dark sky in the middle of the night shattered his desire to return to China. Under the Nazi flag, he protected the workers in the factory, but facing Nanjing, which had become an isolated city surrounded by Japanese regiments, Rabe still didn't know it. Whether you can escape successfully.
I believe that Rabe is a kind person, otherwise why did he have such naive illusions about the Japanese army and the national government at that time? As the capital of a country, Rabe believes that a government will not easily give up its capital. He was even more reluctant to believe that the Japanese army would really attack Nanjing, so he couldn't believe the subsequent massacre, even if the blood was blooming like bright peach blossoms in front of his eyes. His kindness blinded his good intentions, so that when he saw that the Japanese army violated international conventions and slaughtered the city bloody, he still fantasized that he would inform the great head of state of his country through a telegram, and let the head of state stop these brutal bloodshed. Unfortunately, he forgot one thing, or in other words, he forgot one thing in fear, anxiety and anger, Germany is already an ally of Japan, otherwise why did the Japanese army not bomb the factories under the Nazi flag in Germany? Otherwise, why did the Japanese army not invade the protected area with the German Nazi flag?
Fantasies are still illusions after all, but when sobriety invades the brain after disillusionment, there must be an act of realization behind the extreme anger and pain. Rabe was willing to be forced to stay and try his best to help the people who died in the capital of this country, who had lived here for 23 years, but he still had to find a way to send his wife Dora away. Yes, unfortunately, when the steamship on the sea level with its whistle and sailing was surrounded by Japanese bombers, and the smoke was billowing from the rumble of cannons, his heart was broken for a moment, and Dora, who was close to him, was still on the boat, He thought that after sending Dora out of this hell, he would be safe, but the cannonball shattered his fantasy. In the distant view of the sea level, a steamship billowing with thick smoke was teetering under the flying Japanese bombers. Rabe, who was standing at the mouth of the embankment, was stunned and in pain, his lonely figure was abandoned in the black smoke of the sea. Behind everything seems so cruel and helpless. From this moment on, the film interprets an indescribable sense of pain. The long shot perfectly reflects the cruelty of war and human humility, and begins to open up those real scenes recorded in the magnificent Rabe diary.
In fact, I don't want to discuss, such as Rabe who traveled thousands of miles as a German Nazi, brushed past death all day long under the shroud of war, and lost his "hand and son" Behind the pain of Dora, who grows old together, she still spares no effort to save the refugees. What kind of internationalist spirit is this? Did Corabe realize it? He shouldn't, he just tried his best to protect everything in the refugee area, even though it seemed so helpless at times. For example, his German-speaking driver was dragged and beheaded because he didn't stay in the car, while Rabe, who saw the whole process in the cracks, was frightened and angry, but there was not much fear. But when he proposed to exchange twenty captured prisoners of war for his dead driver and faced a choice, I think Rabe was extremely helpless at that time. He might want to save all of them, but he was completely unable to do so. . Because the heads of those who were cut off were just behind, and they looked at him with their eyes fixed on each other, the ground was covered with blood, and the breath of death enveloped everyone's heads.
Everywhere in the movie reveals topics worth discussing that make us think deeply. To save or not to save? When the doctor decided to save his colleague's soldier's son, the Japanese army who rushed in used this as an excuse to not only shoot the soldier, but also save the doctors and nurses. Is it worth losing five lives to save one person? Still not worth it? To save or not to save? But after the Japanese army knew that hundreds of Chinese soldiers were secretly hidden in the safe zone, the bigger problem was before us, whether to hand over these hundreds of soldiers or wait for the Japanese army to use bullets and guns to raze this safe zone to the ground. flat ground? This challenges not only our thinking, but also our moral standards and philosophical thinking. Luckily, the movie tackles this very dramatically, and ends up with a hypocritical result that saves it all. But, put yourself in the shoes of yourself, in the atmosphere of the horrific carnage of war years, do we really encounter such a fortunately dramatic effect? No matter what method we choose and what result we have, the only reason we can explain afterwards is that it was forced out.
Although the history of China still needs to be told by ourselves, because we love this land far more than those great people from foreign countries. But in any case, Rabe is enough to be judged by greatness. He and his team and comrades competed with the Japanese invaders to evaluate their special identity and ability. The number of people they saved was almost equal to the number of people killed when the Japanese massacred Nanjing. If this is not great? So what is greatness? It is a pity that after the great Rabe returned to Germany, almost everyone forgot this once great historical process, or deliberately forgot. Because of the hatred of the Nazis in Germany, people blinded their kindness and respect, and deliberately blocked the record of this history, allowing the old Rabe to recall his past in poverty. If it wasn't for the result of the reflection on World War II, who could guarantee that Rabe's diary, which faithfully recorded the Nanjing Massacre, would see the light of day again? The greatness of this diary is not only to prove the greatness of Rabe, but also to witness the survival of more than 200,000 Chinese under the protection of Rabe. For the Chinese, it became a powerful evidence to prove the monstrous crimes committed by the Japanese army against Nanjing, the capital of China at that time on December 31, 1937, and became the most direct and faithful to the historical facts of World War II. record of.
Whether the film "Rabe's Diary" fully follows the filming of Rabe's diary, I don't know, because I haven't read Rabe's diary. On a cinematic level alone, it tells a believable history. However, there are still some inexplicable flaws in the movie. For example, the role played by Zhang Jingchu in it, I don't know what role it played? What's more, the scene where she was almost raped by the Japanese army was obviously too fake. Let me ask: Would a child around five years old pick up a pistol and accurately hit two Japanese soldiers in that extremely terrifying environment? Doesn't the pistol need to open the safety cover before firing? Could it be that a child understands the structure of firearms because of the extreme horror of the environment? Could it be that the Japanese military uniforms were originally made for Zhang Jingchu, so they fit so well? In terms of the design of female characters, "Rabe Diary" is far inferior to "Nanjing, Nanjing". In "Nanjing, Nanjing", every woman who appears is so fresh, so impressive, so impressive. Heart-burning pain. In Kolabe, people are suspicious, although this suspicion is the same as the design of the character itself, it seems so unreliable.
Rabe is great, "Rabe's Diary" is very real, and the movie tells a story and historical facts that most people can accept. From my personal point of view, I am more willing to focus on "Nanjing, Nanjing", which is more epic. I thought, wouldn't it be better if Rabe Diaries were a documentary? Of course, we can also think of the film "Rabe Diary" as a documentary to reflect on.
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