The deserter who accidentally picked up the captain's uniform is really good at acting, but is it really seamless? Obviously not. All kinds of people who met him before and after, almost all saw his fake identity sooner or later, but only a few people have been kept in the dark.
The violent veteran saw at a glance that his trousers didn't fit well, he didn't even hand him the "guard" directly when he handed in the soldier's card, and he didn't have the respect that should be given in the hierarchy when talking to him, and he even dared to disobey the order and even rob the captain. woman. The first deserter he encountered, the "guard", obviously knew the best about him, so why didn't the captain pursue his escape? Why is the captain's stomach growling while driving, with a basket of apples piled beside him? If these only aroused his suspicions, then the clip of the trousers must have solved his doubts. As for the captain who chased him at the beginning, he must have recognized the former deserter (at least the director hopes to convey this message to the audience through his self-proclaimed ability to remember faces), such a young officer (20 years old) even Could you have fought in Greece and Norway five years ago? The proprietor of the first inn also knew that the captain was a fake, because if the senior officer had any background, his entourage would not have been so unkempt, grabbing the inn's plate and gobbling down the meal as if they had been hungry for a long time.
But since everyone understands, why doesn't anyone expose his identity?
Because exposing this lie is not good for everyone.
The two deserters need to be linked to the superior's name, clear their identity as deserters, and eat by the way; the hotel owner was skeptical at first, but it happened that he also needed to kill with a knife to punish deserters who stole food during the turmoil; The captain who killed him also tried to use this outsider to fight for power with the Ministry of Justice and completely solve the deserter camp problem, but he shrewdly handed the matter over to the stormtrooper captain who was in the dark and stayed out of it. In this way, everyone is the beneficiary, and naturally no one will expose this obvious lie. Throughout the film, no one sees the captain's credentials until he is eventually arrested.
I think this is not only a core theme of the film, but also the scariest part. As in Nazi Germany, not everyone is a fanatical supporter of the authorities, and a considerable number of Germans have a neutral or even negative attitude, but just like the above-mentioned "understanders", everyone chooses to be with the Nazi authorities out of their own interests." Conspiracy", became a complicit in a sense. One can see through the Nazis’ lies, but the price of piercing them is too high to cooperate with them and keep their position as long as possible. As for the price, the short-term price is of course the unfortunate people targeted by the authorities (Jews, artists, scholars, and other opposition parties), and the long-term price is complete defeat and destruction.
But in the end, someone has to pay for it all. Just like continuing on credit, one day you will lose all sources of credit. After the end of World War II, the final payer was all Germans.
Of course, this film can also be interpreted from the perspective of totalitarianism or "banality of evil". The above is just an aspect or a side perspective that I have experienced the most, and it is for reference only.
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