"Persian Language Lessons" expresses the theme of anti-war through an incredible story, not through the perspective of the cruelty of war and the suffering of civilians.
The intelligence of the protagonist pretending to be a Persian surprised and admired me as much as all the Allied staff in the tent at the end of the movie, and it was the German officer Koch who made me reflect deeply after watching the movie.
Koch is a ruthless, arrogant and hypocritical person. From the beginning, he was suspicious of the protagonist, and then became furious when he thought that the protagonist had deceived him; after realizing that he had misunderstood the protagonist, he did not apologize but only sent things to compensate and the last 20 cans of betting; Caring about the protagonist makes him not angry and afraid, which can be seen in his comforting words.
But when he was finally ready to flee at the airport, his trembling voice and hysterical shouting when he couldn't prove his fake identity to the Persians because he had learned the rubbish fake Persian language, let me see the despair of shattering dreams, and unexpectedly. There was empathy for him. He was really deceived, 2 years of hard study was in vain, and his trust was betrayed.
Koch is a negative character, but is the negative character of his character just to reflect that he is a war criminal? In today's society, there are many such people. He showed the ugly side of human nature, but also the sad side of human nature. The character's image is very full, and people can't help but explore.
So I think about it, if people were in the environment in Germany at that time, would they be able to muster the courage to resist the Nazis? After all, supporting the Nazis at that time was patriotism, and resisting the Nazis was treason. Either outwardly or inwardly. After all, Koch didn't really support the Nazis, he just wanted to live a decent life out of poverty. His brother directly resisted and fled Germany. He planned to flee after predicting defeat. I think by the standards of Koch's superiors, both brothers are treasonous.
This is completely different from the Chinese people's choice to be a traitor or to fight against Japan in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Therefore, don’t judge people like Koch easily from your own standpoint at any time. The people of the countries where the unjust war started are destined to make difficult choices. Most importantly, may the world have no more wars!
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