Its sad but i liked it because of how perfectly it is executed even though its a sad movie. the movie has a warmness to it. its not cold even though the events are anything but. it is about the holocaust and the inhumane actions of the Nazis; anyone found to have opinions contradictory to those of the governments' was considered "enemy of the state" and these "enemies" were dealt with accordingly, which i presume meant that they were treated just like the jews were treated.
That is, given a chemical shower (hydrogen cyanide mixed with water [you can google the effects this combination has on humans and its horrifying]) and then burned later on in addition to the deleterious conditions the jews were supposed to embrace and live in. The smoke from the chimneys of the places where these humans were burned wafted and engulfed the surrounding area which was the country side where they did these atrocities.
The movie begins with this line:
A child only knows how to love and have fun, before the dark hour of reason strikes. No matter how idiotic the reason may be.
I have included stills from the movie where my heart was tugged at all the corners and I was overwhelmed with feelings I cannot describe.
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This is when this child called Bruno who is the son of the Nazi soldier entrusted with the inhumane work to supervise the extermination of the jews.
He is told that his father is an important soldier who works for the country so that people can be safe.
Bruno knows nothing about what is happening in the world. He is a child.
At this point he thinks he has found a farm where he thinks there might be children he can play with.
This is the soldier who literally barks at the little jew because he had been eating something. He was just eating. (There is more. You will need to watch the movie.)
This is when Bruno and the little jew called Shmuel have become friends and are on their "mission" to find Shmuel's father but are incredibly confused because something is going on. They are supposed to take a shower.They are scared too.
This is when Bruno gets caught up in the crowd of jews because they are herded by Nazi soldiers into the "shower room". Bruno dies. So does Shmuel.
This is Bruno's soldier Dad who's just found out what has transpired.
This is the shower room.
As the camera zooms out, you can see the jews' work clothes hanging. All of the workers are in that shower room.
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