The real "people" in war

Stevie 2022-03-23 09:03:03

It's a pity that after 12 years of hard study of textbooks, I realized that "real history does not meet the stereotyped imagination of today's people".

"We're in a totally disconnected environment from civilization, living in these quagmire, so degraded and isolated."

"They (German prisoners of war) also felt that the war was meaningless."

"People don't talk about that war at all, they have absolutely no interest in what happened, they have absolutely no concept of war."

"That's why millions of us don't deserve a 'thank you very much'. You rolled in the mud in the wild, and you even lost the etiquette. What kind of thanks are you asking for?"

"We and civilians are two completely different creatures. You can talk to your comrades, and they all understand. But with ordinary people, it's just a waste of time."

"How did we survive? Part of it is the fear of fear, the fear of others realizing our fear, and the belief in human nature, the trust between comrades-in-arms, and we can't let each other down."

View more about They Shall Not Grow Old reviews

Extended Reading
  • Tiana 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Don't go after the credits are up, there is a director's self-reported tidbits

  • Orland 2022-03-20 09:02:36

    Unexpectedly, it is a 3D version of the documentary, the format is very novel. There are a few deep impressions: One is the battle from the perspective of a British soldier, and Zweig’s "Yesterday's World" wrote a battle from the German and Austrian perspective. There is a common psychology that everyone felt at the beginning Fighting is similar to a happy party. They feel that the war will end soon and the motherland will definitely win; one is that most of them are only ten years old and have no way out in the country. On the contrary, they found the meaning of life in the war; the other is the end of the war. Later, when I returned to my hometown, no one cared about your experience in the war, and my heart was full of feelings of loss and humiliation. War is meaningless.

Top cast

They Shall Not Grow Old quotes

  • Soldier: [waving at camera] Hi, mum.

  • Soldier: You don't look, you see. You don't hear, you listen. You taste the top of your mouth. Your nose is filled with fumes and death. But the veneer of civilization has dropped away.