There is such a close-up in the film: a couple played by George Clooney and Cate Blanchett embracing in the dark, the fixed camera waits for them to slowly turn to each other's faces, and the thick eyelashes form a perfect in the dark. The silhouette silently expresses the complicated feelings that can't be stopped and still want to stop. A brief reassurance for the shaky and turbulent state of mind in a brutal war. This film is called "The German Good Man" and also translated "Berlin Labyrinth". It is a pure black and white film. A beautiful, retro tribute to "Casablanca" World War II film. Cate Blanchett plays Lena, a charismatic woman who survives as a SS wife as a Jew whose family was slaughtered. In order to survive and leave Berlin, she sold her body. As an assistant to a rocket expert, her husband holds secret documents from Dora's concentration camp, so that the American and Russian military's eyes are all around Lena. At this time, Lena meets her old lover, Jack, the American war correspondent again. Lina atones for doing a good deed before leaving Berlin, and Jack gradually peels off the cocoon in the process of helping Lina. He not only discovers the crimes of Dora's concentration camp, but also knows a dark history in Lina's files. On a rainy night, the same airports were separated, and a stunned Jack watched the glamorous Lena board the plane leaving Berlin. But compared to the bright and hopeful ending of "Casablanca", "Berlin Labyrinth" is much more gloomy and hopeless, because even on a plane, "no one can really escape Berlin." Lena played by Kate is classical, thin, miserable, gloomy, hot, and compassionate. A guardian angel, a black wing runner, a Jew and a Nazi, a soldier and a criminal. The various scars that the war has inflicted on her body, and her choice to become a tool of killing in desperation, the contradiction, complexity, collision, burning, and despair of Lianna's character can be imagined. She did a great job. "Casablanca" shows the plot with large-scale and dense dialogues, while "Berlin Labyrinth" uses multiple inner monologues of characters to promote the development of the story, with forbearance and moderation in dialogue, which is also in line with the characters' background, circumstances and the gloomy tone of the whole film. The camera captures more subtle changes in the characters' expressions and demeanor. George Clooney and Cate Blanchett are very paired, and they can be described as a pair of screen talents. In the film, Berlin is devastated, and the rough black and white film texture shows a different kind of violent aesthetics. Kate's dresses, bags and bikes are full of vintage symbols. Although it didn't get much attention, it's still a good movie. And classic films like "Casablanca" are also worthy of our review. And our reflections on war will never cease.
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