In fact, the significance of Eine Frau in Berlin as a movie is far less than this real personal history. A woman who was afraid but couldn't protect herself was the epitome of countless women who lived in the cracks in historical fragments at that time. She wants to live, but she cannot avoid being abused under a powerful invasion. She chose the blessing of a high-ranking Soviet army official who could exchange for food and daily necessities without being raped by other soldiers. Later, when the two girlfriends saw each other on the street, apart from the excitement of reunion, they just naturally asked "wie oft?" (how many times?) The women sat together and enjoyed the rare afternoon tea time. Joking with the experience of being forced to have sex with the Soviets.
The lover of the woman who returned last read the diary written by the woman irritably. The record she made was a helpless compromise, but it was also unacceptable to most German men at the time. He said viciously, "Ukrainian woman, that's it!" This kind of revenge, mixed with jealousy and resentment, was extremely hurtful. He said that she and them were as licentious as prostitutes, without shame, and then finally left after two days.
This book or this movie is not to criticize the beasts and vulgarity of the Soviet army. The man who played the Soviet officer in the movie said that most people in the army did not know where Germany was before the Germans came to the Soviet Union.
War and cruel and wrong politics are together, so an ordinary woman loses the opportunity to lead a quiet and normal life. As the author, this woman who experienced and recorded history was not even able to publish this book calmly. In Germany in the 1950s, the diary was published anonymously.
This cannot be said to be a good movie, but it has its own value.
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