angels and devils

Hollie 2022-04-21 09:03:05

The deaths of the two boys were inevitable results, one was humiliated and coerced because of bedwetting; the other witnessed the killing, and his personal creed was greatly shocked. The open resistance forced him to go to the Eastern Front, instead of being killed more brutally. , he chose to swim to the end alone. The conflict between individual positions and collective positions under the influence of war cannot be resisted, but it is possible to do nothing.

In the first half of the 20th century, the Nordics were regarded by the Nazis as the purest descendants of the Aryan race, and the Nazis recruited these noble Aryans into the SS. These good-looking Nordic faces were both angels and devils in that era.

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  • Andres 2022-03-29 09:01:07

    You can refer to a film that Inspur co-directed and starred in. All the brainwashing methods and harms mentioned in the wave are directly exemplified in this film. The most impressive thing is, of course, the Russian soldiers who said thank you comrade after they were killed, and the second male who resolutely loosened the rope and shook his head to say goodbye to the male protagonist. Above the ice surface, the male protagonist is roaring and crying, and the people next to him are quietly watching. The ice surface also exists quietly, and the second male lead quietly and willingly sinks down. There is a great tragic tension in this. War loves to incite young people with strong hormones in the name of blood, but bury their blood with the coldest reality. In the war, friendship was distorted, and family affection was also distorted. When a father heard that his child died, he actually just said "he is really useless". I once again thought of Orwell's article on shooting the elephant. Under totalitarianism, the person in power is just as involuntary and beyond recognition as the person in power. When the gears of irrationality and civilization turn, everyone becomes a victim. winner. However, this film has a bit of the theme first, for example, the friendship between the male lead and the second male is more deliberate. (screencast with dad)

  • Alfreda 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    Dennis Gansel's "NaPolA" describes the disillusionment of German teenagers after entering the military academy. The faint same-sex feelings and sentimental endings are embarrassing, and his ambition to interpret history does not stop there. Four years later, he brought " Die Welle. Full text: http://hou26.org/zeta/golden2004b.htm#napola

Before the Fall quotes

  • Christoph Schneider: Pull yourself together!

    Albrecht Stein: Pull myself together? Do you know what we just did? You shouldn't have shot! You shouldn't have shot!

    Tjaden: I didn't give the order. Your father said they had guns!

    Albrecht Stein: Why are you looking at me like that?

    Friedrich Weimer: I'm not looking at you.

    Albrecht Stein: I know what you're thinking. Don't look at me like that!

  • Albrecht Stein: [reading from his essay] "As childish as it sounds, the winter time and the sight of freshly fallen snow always fill us with inexplicable joy. Perhaps because as children, we associated it with Christmas. I always imagine myself the hero who killed dragons, rescued virgins, and freed the world from evil. As we went out yesterday to find the prisoners, I felt like that little boy who wanted to save the world."

    Vogler: Albrecht, stop.

    Albrecht Stein: But as we returned, I understood that I am part of the evil that I wanted to save us from.

    Vogler: Albrecht, stop.

    Albrecht Stein: Shooting prisoners is wrong. They were not armed, as Governor Stein told us, to incite us. We didn't shoot men, only children.

    Vogler: Out!