You are a Soviet, I am a fascist, let's embrace

Garrick 2022-01-24 08:03:51

Watching this film, you can’t help but have this question in your mind: What mistake did those Berlin women make that they were punished like this?

War, when it is so nakedly displayed in front of us, none of us has a choice.
At the beginning, when the rape first started, the woman sought the asylum of the official. However, can officials protect them? Not to mention whether it is politically correct to shelter them, just talk about the choice between enlisting soldiers or taking care of women, how he can choose. . .
Of course, women have their own ideas. They twisted themselves and drank and talked with the victorious Russians. Of course, they were also sheltered. Some people blame the reality of women, and we should look at it more rationally. Even if men surrender and commit suicide, what can you do with women?
Finally, true love comes back, but true love is no longer, you have to blame the man for being stingy. But what can you do with men? Although we hope so, not everyone has a generous mind. This is like a hero, we aspire to be heroes, but we are destined to be mortals. You cannot criticize a mortal, because you are also a mortal.

Think about it again, whose fault is the suffering of Berlin women?
I don't want to put this whip on the war. A too general concept always makes us forget to reflect, just like those bloody love stories.

There was a scene in the film that touched me a lot. The woman and the major had a calm conversation in a joyous song downstairs. He asked her: Are you a fascist? The beliefs of the two are very different, but this does not mean that we can only use force, right. . . Look at this conversation, how beautiful it is, even if you are a fascist, so what. The war is terrible, so do we still think about problems with opposing thinking? How long shall we remember the hatred? Right now, we can end all this.
Give me a hug of trust, that's it.

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Extended Reading
  • Tracy 2022-04-21 09:03:22

    Reminds me of a documentary in which a German veteran said that his sister was maimed and thrown out of the car by a carload of Soviet soldiers... But this one does not overwhelmingly expose the brutality of the Soviet army, but restrains and gently finds a way to bring it with him in a twisted environment. The possibility of being resilient, strong and optimistic about survival, perhaps this is also the instinct of women, not to be overwhelmed by the hardships of life, to be busy, conscientious and dense, doing practical things, and rebuilding their homes step by step. No matter how broken or humiliated, there is still the belief and action of self-repair, and the ability to see beauty. Probably this is also a kind of romance and idealism for women.

  • Estevan 2022-04-23 07:04:19

    2009.12.12 The suffering brought by the war and the destruction of human nature. In this dehumanized world, the true love between the colonel and the heroine is very precious and touching.

Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin quotes

  • Anonyma: [in German] Soldier! Why are you taking a woman against her will?