Colonia of Dignity is a film based on true events that focuses on the story of a young German couple, Daniel and Lena, who rebelled against Chile's military dictator, Pinochet, during the 1973 Chilean coup. At the height of the coup d'état in Chile, Daniel was kidnapped by Pinochet's men to a secret base known as the "Colony of Dignity". It was the gathering place built by the former German Nazis who fled to Chile, and they colluded with the military government to carry out a lot of torture work and secret human experiments, and none of the kidnapped people ever escaped alive.” colony". However, Lena, played by Emma Watson, never gave up. She found the base, and risked her life, took the initiative to join it, fought wits and courage, and finally rescued her husband.
The film is very compact, the plot line is clear, and the overall rhythm is advanced and relaxed. Several leading actors, whether they are handsome men and beautiful women who represent the image of justice, or demons and monsters who are the incarnation of evil, are very distinctive and unforgettable. For example like this:
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The background of the film is Chile in the 1970s. For most current domestic audiences, this is a subject that is a bit unfamiliar in terms of history and time. If you don't understand what the land really experienced during that time It's hard to understand what's on the colony of dignity in the title of the film.
Come on, knock on the blackboard, draw the key
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) Chilean doctor, political home, president. A key character in the film who did not appear, the most crucial point is that this is a leftist president in the traditional sense, or he is a person in Latin America, known as the "back garden of the United States of America". After Fidel Castro on the land, another thorn who doesn't listen to Americans very much. This time, US President Nixon was not so patient, and it was during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, facing the Soviet Union in the world. Aggressive offensive everywhere, the Americans certainly don't want the backyard to catch fire, so they decided to kill him directly. Of course, the CIA, the royal thug, will not take action in person. On November 13, 2000, the CIA released the third and last batch of declassified documents about the political situation in Chile in the early 1970s. From this declassified document, we can see that the US intelligence agency overthrew the elected president in Chile in 1973. Allende's military coup had secretly financed the coup's founder, Pinochet. According to these declassified documents, the United States decided to spend three weeks before the military coup in Chile on September 11, 1973, to spend $1 million as funds for activities against Allende's forces. It was the involvement of American intelligence that led to a bloody coup that changed the political situation in Chile.
The photo below is a relic of President Allende that I took during a trip to Chile in 2014 at the National Museum of Santiago in the capital. At that time, the bullet was shot directly through this hole and took the president's life.
The lackey mentioned above is the famous Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (English: Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, Spanish: Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte) (November 1915) 25th - December 10th, 2006) Chilean politician, soldier, president, this guy ascended the presidency by massacring the Chilean left, and continued his dictatorship for seventeen years. The coup described at the beginning of the film is thanks to him. But it is fair to say that although Pinocchio is ruthless, the level of governance of the country is indeed higher than that of Allende. Coupled with the warming of the international economic situation and the strong support of the United States, Chile quickly brought Chile to the most economical position in South America. Vibrant national throne. The Chilean military government also adhered to the direction of neoliberal reform, making Chile the first country to get rid of the crisis and restore stable economic growth in the Latin American debt crisis. Chile's economy grew by 20% from 1978 to 1981, and its GDP from 1984 to 1989. The average annual growth rate is more than 5%, reaching as high as 10% in 1989. In the mid-1980s, the per capita GDP exceeded 7,000 US dollars, making it the most stable and richest country in Latin America. Known as the "Chilean Economic Miracle". So Deng Gong is right, don't care about white cats and black cats, catch mice is a good cat. The common people are always forgetful. Whoever brings them real benefits will remember who they are and who they will support, regardless of whether you are left or right.
A look of great power and contentment
The hero and heroine, to be precise, the hero was not arrested for opposing Pinochet in the early days of the coup, which led to the "colony of dignity", so why is there a piece in the far southern hemisphere that seems to be ruled by the Germans land?
After World War II, only 30,000 of the 150,000 Nazis were put on trial, and a document declassified in 2000 seems to explain why: After World War II, a large number of Nazi war criminals passed The "Odessa Organization" formed by the SS fled to South America. The document details a secret meeting on August 10, 1944, and it's the "Red Hill Report." The meeting was attended by top German industrialists and SS leaders, according to documents, at a hotel in Strasbourg, France, called the Red Hill. At the time, Argentina, Chile and southern Brazil were home to hundreds of thousands of German immigrants, many of whom were sympathetic to the Nazi regime. Schaefer, a former Nazi corporal in Germany, persuaded then conservative Chilean President Jorge Alessandri to grant his asylum application through financial facilitation, pro-Nazi propaganda and the spread of "communist threats". Here, Schaefer did not stop. He connected ex-Nazis and right-wing German immigrants in South America, established a "dignity colony" in the form of a quasi-state, and founded a cult. It is said that the famous Nazi "Angel of Death" Josef Mengele hid and lived there for some time.
Unexpectedly, Schaefer developed this "colony" into a pocket-sized "Nazi Germany". This "dignity colony" once covered an area of 137 square kilometers and had more than 300 "subjects", including German immigrants and native Chileans. At that time, the Chilean military government granted the estate privileges and gave it the status of a charitable organization. It neither paid taxes nor allowed the Chilean military police to enter. It became Chile's "country within a country".
This is the master of the colony of dignity in the film: Schaefer and his prototype
At the end of the film, Daniel and Lena finally escaped from the prison of the devil after untold hardships. In the following years, the truth in the Dignity Colony was exposed one after another, and Schaefer was brought to justice for many crimes against humanity. Then the Chilean military government fell, the democratically elected president came to power, and everything returned to the peaceful world under the blue sky and white clouds. If you are interested, you can arrange a field visit in the travel route to Chile. The specific address is Villa Baviera, a Bavarian village within the jurisdiction of Paral Town, Linares Province, Maule Region, Central Chile.
PS: Emma Watson has left Harry Potter and is no longer Hermione, but Daniel Radcliffe is still just Harry Potter.
Extended appreciation
Movies: "Eichmann", "Wave Die Welle"
Books: "Abundant Suffering" "Dyeing My Heart Brown" by Suo Sa
The Severed Vessels of Latin America (Uruguay) by Eduardo Galeano
The Odessa Archives by Fred Forsyth
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