fredtee
The Germans took an eye, whereas the Danes took a nose. Germans, young and old, got killed by land mines laid by Germans. What do you expect, have Danes get killed by land mines laid by Germans?The Danish sargeant does a lot of yelling and some face slapping, and Danish soldiers urinate on a German soldier. So? What do you expect? I did not see a Dane shoot a German in this movie. Time to pickup a copy of Schindler's list, just to compare.Sorry, but the sound of trains carrying millions to gas chambers and concentration camps will take a thousand years to quiet.The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi...and plenty of Germans were Nazis.Please, do not give me the "get over it, forgive and forget" crap.
manayupa
Harmless, innocent Germans caught in the midst of this bad bad war. Lost, misunderstood and mistreated. Poor things. What a touching story to tell. Technical masterpiece with brilliant actor play I must admit, but a clear attempt to clean wash Germans. The same Germans repeatedly responsible for world conflicts, who exterminated by burning and starving to death children much younger than these hobbledehoys by the thousands. This nation deserves no consolation, nor any kind of compassion. Similarly a picture suggesting that Denmark actually did something during 2nd World War. They've practically surrendered their country to Germans with not one gun shot. Poles defended each inch of their country with their blood, and with no support from any of European countries watching from the distance. Later they've continued to fight Germans supporting other countries all over Europe, even as far as Africa. For which effort btw. Great Britain and USA gave them out to Russians communists on a silver platter. It seems to me that Danes got themselves a pretty good deal. Not many other countries that didn't lift a finger to stop Germans got themselves leftovers from their army to clean up. It's just a funny little story of children playing war far from the real horrors in Europe.
A
Best not to think about it?That's a horrible last act.The Lieutenant is concerned the Sergeant is softening.I understand the anger but humiliating people does not keep the world peaceful.Oh $hit.... No. That is worse than I suspected.I'd walk farther behind.The Sergeant is not perfect, but he is a wise human.OH $$$HH!!!! I jumped outa my chair.Great music for the non-dialog scenes.
Darrell Parker
This is a very profound topic as it deals with the immediate aftermath of WWII and how a generation of young people were left to cleanup after the Nazis. It speaks to the cruelty of all participants, something to be considered these days with the world's fomenting nationalistic fervor. The acting is outstanding and cinematography quite artful.
