Among the five friends, Victor is the most unfortunate, but also the luckiest. Unfortunately, he was born a Jew, unable to change his bloodline, and suffered exclusion, abuse and persecution. However, he is lucky. He met Greta who loved him and was willing to give everything, met a Polish girl who could help each other, and met a guerrilla captain who kept him alive. In the end, Victor survived under the Nazi's iron hoof. However, at the end of the film, he was disappointed with the reality again. "You won't spill dirty water until there is clean water." It is ridiculous and ironic that the former persecutors did not get the punishment they deserved, but it is true.
Greta is a naive woman. She believed in exchange for equal value, so she sold her body to get Victor's certificate and her dream of becoming a singer. It is so naive and simple, but she doesn't know that there is no equivalent exchange in some people's dictionaries. He is the maker of the rules of the game, with only power and desire for control. Greta was the farthest from the war and didn't realize the distortion of human nature caused by cruel war. She dreamed of becoming a singer and wanted to perform in Paris, but unfortunately, she was sent to boost her morale before the war. It was this turning point that she came into close contact with reality. When she packed her bags, she couldn't find the officer with her. When she saw the bloody soldiers lying on the stretcher, and when she saw Charlie rescue the wounded with a straight face, Greta realized that she had lived in the castle and once lived. There is a scene in the movie that makes me sad. When the Winter brothers and Charlie met in Greta's room, Greta thought that the war would end soon, but the other three knew it was a losing war, but they didn't puncture it. They raised their glasses to celebrate with faint smiles. They don't want to drag another person to bear unbearable pain. They care about Greta.
Li Xia, a typical girl of World War II, is innocent, looking forward to love and fighting for it. However, in this war, her patriotism is childish and ridiculous, and at the same time, the war also makes her love difficult to place. She didn't think for herself. She thought that most people called for what she should do, so she reported Lilia. In Germany at that time, I don't know how many such Charlie were. They don't think, or are limited to thinking, so regardless of right and wrong, they carry out the rulers' orders and make unreasonable rules, even though they violate their own conscience. They are the playthings of rulers, the tools of rulers, and the victims of that era.
In this movie, I like my brother Fred Hamm best. My brother is rational. From the beginning, he saw the essence of war, and war would expose our ugliest side. In the face of war, either kill the enemy or be killed by the enemy, because in the state of war, the contradictions are irreconcilable, and the two camps have their own opinions and cannot survive. Unless the war is over, this confrontation can be broken. A confused person lives happily in his own world, but his brother is not a confused person. His wisdom brought him great pain. He didn't want to fight, but his father was "tough" and sent to the battlefield. At first, he was passively resisting the wrong war to defend his values, and was ridiculed by his comrades as cowardice. However, with his thin strength, he can't play a role in this wrong war at all, just like a drop of water has little influence on the sea. At the same time, he doesn't want to commit suicide (I think he is reluctant to part with his brother), so he has to accept the reality. In the second episode, he really "grew up" as his brother said at the beginning, and he became strong. Although his world outlook was trampled on, he persisted in surviving (I think he hoped that the war would end one day and the wrong world would end one day, and I will wait for that day). The war forced him to abandon human nature and treat himself not as a human being, but as a killing machine to carry out military orders. He suggested that Soviet civilians should explore mines. He shot the running boy and pulled him off the platform of slaughter. When he was injured and went home for sick leave, he couldn't get the care of his father. What he saw was a really young and arrogant hot fighter. I think my brother was desperate for the world at that time, so he ignored his mother's detention without hesitation and returned to the battlefield where he didn't treat himself as a human being. Because of this, his heart may feel better. But in the end, he gave up. He gave up waiting for many years, perhaps to save more young lives, but more importantly, he couldn't face his crimes as a killing machine. He couldn't face himself. He didn't have the confidence to come back to life after the war and live as a person instead of a machine. Therefore, he chose suicide, atonement and escape. Brother is not easy. A confused person can always live easily and happily, but he knows what is right and wrong, but he can't change it. He insisted on ending his life three days before the end of the war.
My brother, Wilham, was very determined and commanding at first. He thought that war would make people grow up. Before his bloody life, he gradually began to distinguish right from wrong. As a result, he found that he was wrong and his brother was right. Someone told him that it was time to say goodbye to the imaginary world. At first, he fought for his motherland. Later, he began to doubt this. He fought for his comrades, but in the end, he wanted to fight an uninhabited war with his soldiers. Seeing his comrades fall in the war, his original world completely collapsed. Exhausted physically and mentally, he chose the road of escape. Although my brother survived in the end, his heart will never heal, and the war has completely destroyed him.
War is a melting pot, involving all citizens. War devours human nature, destroys ideals and breeds evil. Although the war is over, its influence still lingers. There are only three friends left out of five. When they returned to the agreed bar again and raised their glasses, they had lost their original smiles and mood. Some are just scars, some are just haggard and vicissitudes. Once something is lost, it can never be found again. Once things happen, they can never be forgotten. The war affected a generation.
When I watch this movie, I am always worried. Finally, I want to share my favorite warm scene. My brother and I laughed when we were fighting in the snow. I felt that they were far away from the battlefield at that moment, as if they were back before the war and the two brothers were frolicking with each other. Unfortunately, this warm and happy moment is too short.
? I believe that the actual war will be more cruel than the movie, and the peace won by a generation's life is really hard-won. May the world be peaceful!