The weight of life

Kiley 2022-01-17 08:02:57

This is a movie with a very unique shooting angle.
It seems that as long as it is a blockbuster, it can be involved in World War II or the Jews are rarely unpopular. Although Napola is one of them, it obviously has a deeper reason: it is from the eyes of the young elites of Nazi Germany to reflect on the racism of the Nazis. The destruction of human nature.

This film uses the tragedies of two young people to raise the question:
Under what circumstances does life become something that people have to give up?
For what else, the beliefs that someone once held will fall apart, making him doubt the values ​​of the society in which he lives.

Give me freedom or give me death.
When the protagonist’s friend, a boy full of literary atmosphere, yearning for freedom and romance, voluntarily gave up his life...
We may all be shocked by his helpless decision. In fact, this is the life of all the weak against tyranny and power. The last shout, the last fight.
This seems weak, but there is no compromise-since this world is not suitable for the weak to survive, then I am willing to leave it, and we have nothing to do with it.

The hero has always believed that he is the elite of the so-called pure-bred Aryans promoted by the Nazis, and he has been using actions to prove his belief.
But his friend could not bear the training of elite schools and families to destroy humanity, and he had no choice but to die. This incident completely defeated him: If such a perfect friend in his eyes could not be recognized by society and family, then what kind of person? Only to be recognized by this country! ?

There is only one answer: this country does not need people, only soldiers without humanity.
The weak can only be eliminated, they are not qualified to survive.

This film has no high-cost investment, no commercial publicity, but it captures the hearts of the audience with its first-class plot and excellent editing photography.
In addition to being full of the Germans' sense of tragic and heroic destiny, the warm and touching same-sex love also touched the softest part of the hearts of many viewers.
The two boys are very cute and attracted by their completely different personalities. Their short but sincere friendship has become the only hope and brilliance in the harsh training environment of the elite school...Although as a tragedy, the best things are always destroyed for people to see, but the beauty of the moment of shooting stars, But it is more worthy of praise from the world than those who claim to be immortal.

I believe that when the male protagonist finally left that school, he had no regrets in his heart. Although he reverted to the state of nothing at the beginning of the film, he knew-apart from race and blood, there should be more things worthy of attention.

He is no longer an elite, he has never been an elite.
People cannot be measured by standards such as elites or non-elites-all lives are equal.

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Extended Reading
  • Garrett 2022-03-15 09:01:06

    Brainwashing starts with a baby; awakening starts with youth.

  • Gracie 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    This kind of German film is really simple and rude, and it exposes problems very directly. Tom Sheerin plays the bad guy and plays the cowardly person very well, on par with Joseph (Jonas). Story 8.5, Tom Schilling 0.5 points, 8.2 currently.

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!