"Budapest Love", this war romance film co-produced by Germany and Hungary in 1999, I have watched it twice and I like it very much. Director/Nove Schuber, starring/Erica Morushan/Joachim Kroll, etc. It writes about the kindness and ugliness of human nature, the lingering and hear

"Budapest Love", this war romance film co-produced by Germany and Hungary in 1999, I have watched it twice and I like it very much. Director/Nove Schuber, starring/Erica Morushan/Joachim Kroll, etc. It writes about the kindness and ugliness of human nature, the lingering and heart-wrenching love, the madness of the war that swept half of Europe, and the suffering and sadness of the Jews. Is that all it covers? I'm afraid there are more...

1. The kindness of human nature

Elena (played by Erica Morushan) has a beauty that is different from other girls. A pair of dark brown eyes are clear and oceanic, as if two lakes are deep. Bottomed out. She is gentle, affectionate and well-proportioned. She is a waitress at the Lascilo restaurant. She is not a simple waitress, she is the lover of the boss Lascilo (played by Joachim Kroll), and they run the restaurant together.

Budapest is located on both sides of the middle reaches of the Danube River. It was named after the merger of the two earlier cities of Buda and Pest. Its geographical advantage makes it the capital of Hungary and a famous ancient city. It is home to many European businessmen, literati and political circles. VIP. Lascilo, a Jew who knows how to do business, hired the beautiful Elena, which can be described as a double choice. He attracted customers for the restaurant and secretly embraced the beauty. It was a win-win situation.

It is said that it was an ordinary night in the 1980s. The restaurant welcomed the successful German businessman Hans. He and his family were here to enjoy his favorite beef roll - the restaurant's signature delicacy - to celebrate. His 80th birthday. He asked the musicians to play the famous song "Gloomy Sunday". Suddenly, he stood up, grabbed his wife's necklace, and suddenly fell to the ground and died... What happened?

The movie turned and the time returned to the 1930s before World War II. In this restaurant, the beautiful waitress Elena fell in love with the restaurant owner Lascilo. Things change when they recruit a new pianist, Andras (Stefano Dionis), to whom Irina is deeply attracted.

Elena had received vocal training. She could have become a singer, but for various reasons she interrupted her singing career and was hired to work for Lasiro. She worked as his waitress at work and was pampered by her boss after get off work. She once said "I would like to bathe in your bathtub forever." But something suddenly changed. She fell in love with the pianist.

Lascilo is very generous, she loves this woman, but he is very kind, he tells the girl that you are free. He also saw that the pianist was obsessed with her, and he couldn't bear to separate them.

At that time, the young German businessman Hans (played by Ben Baker) also liked Elena. He proposed to Elena directly, saying that I have my own trading company and I make money only for you, Elaine. Na flatly refused. That night, Elena and the pianist were passionately together. Hans was walking home when he jumped into the Danube River and was rescued ashore by Lascilo. Like a big brother, he enlightened him that there are many beautiful things in life, how can you just think about pain. For example, your favorite beef roll is cooked by mixing ham slices, butter, garlic, and cheese. In other words, you can't go all the way to the top.

Hans was very grateful to Lassiro and said that I will definitely repay you. He returned to Berlin and the train left. He quickly told Lassiro, "Don't tell Elena that I jumped into the river."

Lascilo is very trustworthy. He has never had any trouble with the pianist and Elena Tihans. He is really kind.

2. The Evil of Human Nature

When World War II broke out, Hans joined the Nazis. He came to Budapest again and was already a Nazi officer. The war changed his identity - a business elite + a powerful colonel. He was arrogant and arrogant when handling military affairs. The female secretary printed a document and suggested a certain word or phrase that did not seem to be in line with Dutton's dictionary. He impatiently interrupted her, "I am writing a report to the head of state, not Dutton, no!". He controlled the life and death of the Jews in Budapest, and the ladies, mathematicians, and celebrities came to beg him to be merciful and save a pitiful life. He made great efforts to make money. The price started at 1,000 yuan, and he only accepted Swiss francs without Hungarian currency or marks.

When Elena came to beg him to save her boss's lover Lasiro, he was evasive, "You are different, you are my angel." Elena refused at first, "Angels are also conservative." When Lascilo was taken away by the Nazis, Elena went to his villa in panic. This time Hans took possession of Elena and promised her that he would save him.

In a blink of an eye, Hans watched La Rossi being pushed onto the death train before the train bound for Auschwitz, as if he were a stranger. He asked his subordinates to bring the mathematician out and said that I risked my life to save you. The mathematician burst into tears of gratitude and gave him a lot of property and jewelry. Oh my God, when I saw this, I really wanted to rush up and give Hans a slap in the face: You are worse than a beast, Lassiro, your savior. Without him, you have become the ghost of the Danube, why don't you show mercy? Report? Sin!

Under the shadow of war, the arrogance of power and the ugliness of human nature are clearly exposed. The Nazis are immersed in the "sacred will" of stifling freedom and trampling on dignity. They are not happy about human rights and individual life. Alienated into a killing machine without humanity and compassion. At this moment, the suffering Jewish people's desire and pursuit for freedom are lying on the ground, looking up to the evil power, and are completely defeated. Alas, it is so sad!

Then, I understood that the talented pianist Andras would rather shoot himself in front of Hans than listen to his instructions to play "Melancholy Sunday". Scholars can be killed but not humiliated! A few days ago, Hans brought his Nazi colleagues to this restaurant and asked the pianist to play "Melancholy Sunday" for him. Andras refused. Seeing that a conflict was about to break out, Irina picked up Andras The lyrics of the famous song he wrote sing: "I close my eyes/You leave in front of me/Every Sunday/Alone in the dark/Candlelight is bright/Eyes twinkling/Friend, don't cry/My heart is no longer heavy/I I still have a breath left/I want to return to my hometown/Wander on that peaceful land...

The pianist could only accompany his beloved Elena against his will. At the end of the song, he committed suicide. In order to maintain his dignity and freedom .Elena was so distraught that she cried in front of Andras's grave with her swollen belly: My dear, you left, leaving me alone, and now Lasiro was also killed by him. Oh, I burst into tears, damn it. Nazi Hans, you will definitely go to hell!

3. The entanglement and confusion of love

The movie tells the love story of three men and one woman, in which two Hungarian men fell in love with a Hungarian woman, and the German Hans also stepped in. If Lascilo and Andras really love Elena, it is a kind of mutual appreciation. Then Hans's love is evil, at best it is just possessiveness.

Jewish boss Lasci Luo is a businessman and single. He wants a pleasant opposite-sex partner, and it is understandable that he has fallen in love with Elena. As for the pianist, his melancholy and deep eyes destined him to have unparalleled talent in music. He created The music score of "Melancholy Sunday" was popular in Hungary, Europe and the United States at that time, so that many people listened to the original song and accepted God's call. In other words, the despair and desolation permeated by this piece of music was deeply loved by the public, and it also led to its There was a trend of suicide at that time.

And Elena is quite musical, she understands him, and the spark of love sparked when they first met. She begged the boss to keep him as a pianist, even though there was someone else who came before him. It is natural for two Hungarian men to fall in love with Irina. For the sake of belonging, they discussed and decided to share a woman. This is obviously against ethics, but emotional issues are sometimes not black and white. This is the case in Western civilization. It was also possible in Europe at that time.

The love between two men sharing a woman recorded in the movie was tangled and awkward, and it later turned into sadness, which was unexpected. It was all because of the war. The Nazis occupied Hungary and killed the Jews indiscriminately. , arousing people's cries to defend freedom and self-esteem. In this sense, I admire and believe in the way the movie handles an unethical love.Without the war and the shameless blessing of Hans, the German and later Nazi, the three Hungarians might not have been able to enjoy a peaceful love life.

Regarding this point, some viewers have disputes, which I think is normal.

"True freedom is not doing what you want to do, but not doing what you don't want to do." This is a famous saying of Kant. I think the theme of the movie should focus on this. What he wants to express is people's pursuit of dignity and desire for freedom. As a result, the philosophy and realm of this movie improved, and I admired and worshiped it.

The despicable behavior of Nazi Colonel Hans shattered the pianist's beautiful vision of dignity and freedom. He was forced to suffer humiliation without dignity and would rather die! His decisive departure shocked the kind-hearted and weak Lascilo. He later saw through Hans's face and prepared to kill himself by taking the heart-depressing poison left by the pianist. Unfortunately, it was too late. Hans sent people to arrest him at home. .

The shattering of dignity is closely related to the loss of freedom. The moment Elena was forced to commit herself to Hans, her heart must have been extremely aggrieved and torn. The shot of Elena's body given by the director is Curly and cold, she clutched her chest in pain... She loved the boss and the pianist and couldn't bear to hurt any of them, but in the end she ended up in the bed of Hans, whom he despised and loathed the most. Sorry, sorry for the girl. Worth it, disgusting!

The end of the movie echoes the opening scene. Hans, the Nazi beast who killed two of Elena’s beloved lovers, had been free for fifty years. In the 1980s after the war, on his birthday, he sought death. Returning to his old place again, he died in Hungary and deservedly died! The audience saw the middle-aged owner of this old restaurant, who is Elena's son, toasting to celebrate "Happy Birthday, Mom!" In the camera, an old woman's back was seen, with her gray curly hair tied in a zipper. The blue hairpin that Siro gave her, ah, Elena, I remembered that Hans had said that Elena had the same birthday as him.

After exactly fifty years, Irina finally avenged this revenge. Although it was a little late, the evil man still died in her own hands.

Shocking and sad. The test of war also destroys human nature. The film triggers the audience to think deeply about war and human nature. It is a good movie, Douban 8.6, and won the 50th German Film Award in 2000.

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