The Murderers Are Among Us

Estreava há 75 anos em Berlin. Visualmente ele é muito aprazível, mas todos os panos quentes contra os nazis desde a produção até a narrativa imposta pelos soviéticos é deveras problemática. Primeiro porque o diretor e o protagonista eram nazis colaboracionistas, segundo porque mudou-se o final em que o protagonista matava Brückner temendo uma debandada de vinganças no pós-guerra, o que vai contra a minha "religião" já que comungo que deve se vingar de nazi sim. BlurayRip VXT.

So starts the post-war retribution. German film reacting to the evil their own people had done during the war. A mystery man (former Nazi soldier) and a girl returning from concentration camp ends up as flat-mates. Gritty looking movie, with a glimmer of hope, until the idea of revenge pops-up. The ending is strong. A climax that delivers. While a more violent end might have felt more satisfying, the message of a new German mentality was more appropriate.

Fascinating both as a piece of cinema and an historical document; captures the aesthetic, mood, and cultural politics of life in Stunde Null-era Germany.

What's fascinating about this sort of post-War film is that it's shot like a period piece. It lingers on the mundane elements of day-to-day life in the ruins: old x-rays used as window panes, shattered glass still in doorframes, improvised graves in the street. The film has a keen awareness of its place in history, and it must have been cathartic to shoot the horrible things around you like they were sets.

Perhaps the material was still too fresh at the time this was made for a film like this to be fully fleshed out. It's a shame because there's so much greatness here. The wonderfully evocative performances and cinematography are the biggest part. The film develops its plot with great efficiency, several interesting twists and turns with great meaning imbued in all of them. All that's lacking is just a little bit more of everything, not necessarily a wider scope, but a more complex one.

the reality on display in this film is incredible.

A genuine article of post-war Germany with all the confusion and despair that comes with it. Not the best example in acting but some remarkable photographic compositions come through - just the fact that this was made is amazing.

Made for a budget of about 50 bucks in the ruins of Germany right after the war. It manages to turn this lack of resources into a strength (as well as making use of the outlandish surreal sets which only a war zone can provide).