Few war films fix the timeline in the aftermath of the war, which makes "Minefield" extra special; and few anti-war films reflect the horrors of the invaders, so "Minefield" is particularly profound.
At the beginning of the film, the narrative is set in Denmark in May 1945, when Germany had just surrendered in World War II and was retreating from various theaters in Europe. And with the failure, there are a bunch of "dirty butts" waiting for the Germans to wipe, including the more than 1.5 million landmines it once planted on the west coast of Denmark, all of which need to be cleared by the Germans themselves clean. It may be because the young and middle-aged people have already died on the battlefield. 12 German teenagers (visually no more than 20 years old) were sent to demining, and a Danish sergeant-major named Karl was in charge of them.
These German teenagers had no war and were very immature. They would cry for their mother because of their injuries and fears. But even if they were afraid, or if their companions had just been killed by a mine, they could only bite the bullet and clear the mines inch by inch, or even stand in one faction and walk through the cleared minefields. The mines that are ready to explode at any time are a chord that has always tangled in the audience's nerves. In the end, only 4 of the 14-person demining team were bombed...
The contrasting attitudes of the two Allied officers (Major Karl and Lieutenant Ebb) towards the German demining squad are an interesting contrast in the film. Sergeant Carl went from being strict and harsh at first, to sympathy and compassion in the mid-term, and finally becoming the guardian of the teammates as well as their teachers and fathers. Behind this series of changes is Carl's respect for life and his belief that Germany Teenagers are innocent of war. The attitude of the central defender of Ebrahimovic is as always indifference and hatred.
Although Karl's role is more likable, Eb's attitude is also reasonable, because no German child is innocent, and they must pay for the mistakes made by their parents and their motherland. If the defeated country can retreat, if the aggressor does not need to clean up the evil consequences that he "planted", then the price of starting a war is too low. It is the ruthless attitude of the Allied forces headed by the central defender of Ebu that constitutes the anti-war driving force of the film. And it is this form of "father's debt and son's repayment" deduced by the teenager that has raised the alertness of the film to a new height.
As a victim of World War II, in contrast to the film and television works of my country's anti-Japanese theme, let alone this novel perspective, even anti-war themes are rare. Almost all on the market describe the bravery and skill of fighting heroes, or praise leaders. their strategizing. Chinese filmmakers seem to have long since forgotten the cruelty of the war of aggression against China and the persecution we suffered...
(In terms of shortcomings, I think that the picture of this film is not rich enough, almost all of them are demining beaches, which inevitably makes people a little bit visually tired. Compared with commercial blockbusters, it is not enough to attract a lot of attention. In addition, to Eb There are not enough portrayals of the "villain" of the central defender, which makes it easy for the audience to turn their feelings to sympathy for the German teenagers. If there are more shots to reflect the hatred and indifference of the central defender to the German teenagers, and at the same time show the damage of the war to him. , for example, portraying the central defender Eb as a lame man with a leg blown off by a landmine, then the film may be more profound.)
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