The first part introduces the captives of Austria’s Castle Itter. All but one (Cuckovic) barely resemble prisoners at all. The French notables possess fine amenities, stroll through the walled gardens, and play games at leisure. Cuckovic (Emir Kusturica), on the other hand, is Yugoslavian, the Castle electrician, and a relatively dirty-looking outsider. He insists he is being held against his will, but the other prisoners chuckle at his innocent demeanor and refuse to believe him. The S.S. guards jokingly say that he is ‘free to go anywhere he pleases… as long as it’s within the grounds’. ‘Captain Wimmer (Ulrich Noethen) has two hobbies’, the guards say, ‘painting and torture. And the captain needs his light to paint by. If it goes out, he’ll …show more content…
It is now spring of 1945. Germany’s supplies, food, and fortunes have been declining for the past year. A shortage of fuel means that the castle’s electric lights are slowly being replaced with lanterns and candles. The prisoners see signs that the regime is collapsing, yet, this may also mean Nazi leaders will attempt to cover up their crimes and kill them to do so. Nevertheless, a constant stream of S.S. officers and their families strode through Castle Itter on their way east to escape the Ally advance. On April 30, the “butcher of Dachau”, Eduard Weiter (Heinz Hoenig), settles in for a night’s stay with his family. An apoplectic and obese man with the face of a brute, he apparently ordered the execution of around 2000 prisoners before leaving Dachau. Castle Itter’s captives think that his arrival surely means their demise as well. Only two bullets were fired that night by Weiter however – one through his heart, then one through his brain. The village priest rebuffs the S.S. minions when they attempt to bury him in the cemetery, so his body is put in an unmarked grave outside the castle …show more content…
machine gun fire pounds the exterior walls and blows out the housing block’s narrow windows. An antitank gun shell is lobbed into General Gamelin’s empty room. A second shell hits the tank. Basse jumps from the tank and runs for cover behind the gate just before the exploding gas tanks turn the vehicle into an inferno (cliché, yes – but true). The tank obliterated, the S.S. swarm from the tree line to the castle gate.
Several of the helpful Germans are killed or wounded by machine gun fire. Secretary Mabire tends to their injuries. Attempting to spot the position of the S.S.’s tank, Gangel is killed on the castle’s rooftop observation post by a sniper.
Cuckovic, Major John Kramers, and their party are approaching the area of activity now. They meet Elliot (with his tank and troops) at the town bridge. They can hear and see the battle raging up on the hill. Kramers attempts to reach Lee by radio, but is unable to do so. French Lieutenant Lutten notices an undamaged public building. They find the lines uncut and are able to simply call the castle. Lee reports to Kramers that they are being overrun and are extremely low on ammunition. Before he can relay complete information regarding enemy numbers, equipment, and position however, the connection is severed. Kramers is left pondering the best method of
Dieter gets a call and is asked to put on his finest uniform and to go outside at dawn. When he went outside he meets all his Hitler Youth general. They get picked up exactly at 5 am. They go to a conference where they meet Hitler himself. Dieter said it was the best thing that happened to him. Some days later dieter gets taken out of the commands and gets sent to the commands In the front. There he meets the corporal named Schafler. Dieter is asked to follow his orders at all times.
The original title of the movie was supposed to be The Man I Will Kill, Bruckner was supposed to be shot by Hans for revenge. However, Soviets didn’t want this to influence violence. Soviets wanted the end to show peace so it would further their ideology of moving on with the past and perusing justice the moral way. As the film progresses and we learn more about the characters we see each character as a stereotype for a variety of political stances. Ferdinand Bruckner is a war criminal, who has benefited from the war by making pots out of war helmets. He puts up a good front and comes off to people as kind and friendly. We know that this isn’t the case. We see that he can be portrayed as an archetype loyal Nazi. Susan Wallner is portrayed as a model citizen from the very beginning. Right after returning home from a concentration camp she is ready to rebuild her life and she is very optimistic for the future. We also know from the film that her father opposed fascism. Hans Mertens, who struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, cannot seem to get over the past at first. Towards the end of the film we see that he has a revelation and he, like Susan, is ready for the future. Hans seems to
So, Zev Golem the former supervisor got all the German’s that worked on the docks to “strike.” Zev who was carrying a gun as he was picketing in front of the docks, fired a round. The German police shot him dead.
Bonhoeffer was almost killed, but was lucky as his life was spared, because he had a relative who stood high in the government; but then this relative was himself implicated in anti-Nazi plots. On Sunday 8
...ater, the British still held their ground, though it continued to mist and the shelling was more constant. A 5.9 shell flying over his head, Blunden and his men began exploring the trench they were in, and they managed to find an intact listening set. Perceiving from the continuous shell blast that a full-scale attack would soon be made upon them, Blunden telephoned an SOS to the artillery; a reply was sent that they could offer no help as their headquarters had recently been attacked and had thirty dead and wounded.
...is just too hot for any of them to make it out alive. Lutrell, makes it down the hill and is rescued by a local and the battle continues in the town of the local as they defend him. The element of pain is shown in this movie, both physically and mentally and it shows how certain individuals can push through vast amounts of pain. The members of the squad are wounded and ultimately three of the four members are killed. The movie shows the pain that Lutrell is feeling and how he could push the physical and mental limitations to make it.
Imagine that king have the power the control everything, and his man’s word can change his decision to treat his citizens. King will do everything to make himself satisfied, and people have no right than listen to what he say. Just as the King has the authority to control people; guards can do whatever they want to the prisoner, even though it will hurt them. In the movie, Zimbardo give power to the guards to use force to control prisoner, and wear sunglass and uniform to show their power against prisoner. Since the guard hide their feeling with the sunglasses, they keep on punish the prisoners, and take away their bed. Prisoners start to feel harsh to live in this place and want to protest, in order to get their right. It can clearly show that guards’ authority change their personality and they keep on torture these prisoners. In addition, living in a place which has no daylight and suffers every day, prisoners started to mental break down, and lose sense of time. Living without freedom and control by other will really affect prisoners’
Without a doubt, the men of this battalion greatly contributed to the final solution. The first action the 101st Battalion was order to do took place in Józefów. They went into the town and were ordered to "shoot anyone trying to escape" and "those that were too sick or frail to walk to the marketplace, as well as infants and anyone offering resistance or attempting to hid, were to be shot on the spot". (Browning, 57) They then trucked or marched the Jews they found into the woods just outside the village. "When the first truckload of thirty-five to forty Jews arrived, an equal number of policemen cam forward and, face to face, were paired off with their victims." (Browning, 61) The shear atrocity of this was too much for many of the policemen, so alcohol was provided to calm the men?s nerves. Only a dozen men stepped out and refused to shoot at all. As the day went on, however, many could not continue. They even had a "special technique" dubbed the "neck shot". "The men wer...
Gaebel charged the main group and hacked and slashed through nearly all of the board members, while Bauer tried to catch up and deal a blow. Gaebel had inflicted broken jaws, impacted skulls, and shattered knee caps, but just as he was finishing off the last foe, Bauer landed a deathly blow. Gaebel was unable to stand, his wound wept crimson blood as he fell to his knees. Bauer prepared to finish off that knight of knowledge, he raised his blade preparing to strike, Gaebel could not defend himself. Suddenly a familiar voice is heard as a hockey puck shoots straight through the chest of his enemy, Bauer dropped his sword and fell, defeated at last. Gaebel’s would be savior was his closest friend and companion Davio Gancitano who’s slapshot was second only to his own. The entire class rushed to his aid but it was already too late, he had died a hero’s death. They picked him up and mournfully headed back towards his home, when the arrived they took him deep into the forest and laid him to rest alongside his pack. Some say that in those woods, in the wee hours of the morning you can spot a stately blonde
Subjects became so entranced in these roles that the guards started to behave as if they really were the guards of a true prison. Zimbardo had told them to think of themselves in this way and it led to the guards mentally abusing the prisoners with their cruel and degrading routines. In Romesh Ra...
The men who played the role of prisoner, like the guards, were selected at random. The harassment they endured, while all voluntary, was by any means less than humane. They were treated with very little respect, and denied basic rights, such as use of the restroom, and were forced to sleep on cold concrete floors for many nights as a form of punishment. When they arrived to the prison, they were stripped down, and given a change of clothes, but the “change of clothes”, was anything but what they expected to receive. They were actually dresses. The dresses were meant to emasculate the men even more than what they had been already. Rendered powerless, with lack of control of their environment, what other choice did they have than to accept what
Having human beings being gunned down, exposing this little girl, Schindler is touched and connects with her, being surrounded, himself, amongst all the chaos, touching his soul to a deep meaning, he begins to feel the pain of the Jews. In which Schindler continues to observe the little girl as she passes a Nazi soldier who fires one bullet through a group of lined up men, killing several. The little girl in the red coat enter into an empty building, to which she goes up the stairs and crawls under a bed for cover, covering her ears from the roaring sounds of death coming from outside, to in which, her red coat, becomes discolored, blending herself in as just one of the rest of everyone else.
The townspeople then surround the townhouse where the kings money was lodged threatening to kill the troops with clubs. He then received information the mobs of people have declared to murder the troop by taking him away from his post. Captain Thomas Preston then sent a non-commissioned officer and 12 men to protect the sentry and the king’s money in hopes to deescalate the situation before it gets out of control. After arriving Captain Thomas Preston came across the rural crowd screaming and using profanity against the troops telling them to fire. C...
We see that the author’s purpose is to allow the readers to understand that the prisoners were not treated humanly, and allows us to see the negative attitudes the authority had towards the prisoners.
Subjects became so entranced in these roles that the guards started to behave as if they really were the guards of a true prison. Zimbardo had told them to think of themselves in this way and it led to the guards mentally abusing the prisoners with their cruel and degrading ro...