Of course, as a film shot in Sicily, there is absolutely nothing wrong with using an Italian director recommended by the Italian Film Minister. Everyone also understands. The defeat in the North African battlefield can no longer be covered up, let alone concealed. Crossing the Mediterranean and landing in Europe is the inevitable next step for the Allied forces.
Therefore, at this juncture, using a large-scale production to boost morale is also a common method used by the Third Reich. What's more, there is the extremely successful precedent of female director Leni Riefenstahl.
It is said that when "Triumph of the Will" was released in Berlin in 1935, the German people identified themselves in tears as being descendants of God. After watching this documentary, American director Frank Capra completely lost confidence in the Allies, and he and his friends Get drunk on the street.
Whether this talented female director wants it or not, since 1934, she has been recognized as the most powerful propaganda machine of the Nazi Party. There is no such thing as one.
In September 1939, Leni Riefenstahl was invited to Poland to photograph the victory of the Blitz. The ferocity of the war and the cruelty of German soldiers towards Polish prisoners made her heart break. Many years later, she said: "(I) would rather die before September 1, 1939." It was from that time on that Riefenstahl refused to sugarcoat political propaganda with the bewitchment of art. During World War II, she did not participate in the filming of any Nazi propaganda films, but "Triumph of the Will" and "Olympia" have become her record in the Nazi art files that can never be erased.
It’s still the most colorful one.
No wonder, looking at the entire Nazi history of the Third Reich. Starting from the head of state, the leadership up and down are irresistible to all kinds of female stars from all over the world.
Start here. Then the character of the SS general Jürgens, who used both soft and hard tactics to try to make the German actress Anneliese Ackermann submit to her lustful power, is also convincing and reasonable.
So after the script passed the review, filming of "Battle", known as the "Third Reich version of "Gone with the Wind"", officially started.
The Italian Coast Division, which received the order from the Supreme Command to assist in the shooting, immediately aroused great enthusiasm and devoted itself to the intense war scene shooting.
There is a well-known old saying in the ancient East: "A layman sees the excitement, an expert sees the door."
He also said: "There is no three hundred taels of silver here, and Wang Er next door has never stolen it."
Large-scale military mobilization and live-fire exercises suddenly calmed the Allied forces who were gearing up for a landing battle.
As a result, all forces came out in force. All the gods and goddesses gathered on the palm-sized island of Sicily. Everyone wants to know "what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd"?
Because of "unlimited funds," Lady Katie's casting never stopped. As a result, more and more handsome men and beautiful women came from all over the European continent.
Danielle, the war girl who had done enough homework when she arrived and became a casting assistant, also recognized many faces in her memory.
For example: Charlotte Gray, a member of the underground resistance organization in southern France, takes the pseudonym of the housekeeper 'Dominique' in "Charlotte Gray".
For example: Agnes, a beautiful German spy codenamed "Mrs. Cromwell" in "The Sea Wolves".
People in the play who are familiar and unfamiliar with the "World War II plot fragmented time and space" seem to be "attracted" by a magnet, and the "cross-plot fusion" of large-scale similarity and compatibility is in the same time and space. It's like desperately grasping at straws before the next cleaning day. Right, that is it.
However, no one in the adventure team, including War Girl Danielle, could laugh. Because the difficulty of plot harvesting has been soaring.
No wonder the housekeeper Ai Yi will say that your "space-time patch" is not only a "killer weapon" but also a "life-saving bullet" when arriving. Before using the "killer weapon" to harvest the plot, you must first release the "life-saving bomb" to twist the plot.
The pursuit of verisimilitude (Sir, what tone is here? Is it 'real'? Or 'real'? Or should we read it the other way around?) and realism are the distinctive personal style of the late-coming Italian director. Panoramic presentation interspersed with close-ups is also a common shooting technique.
According to his request, all scenes were based on local materials as much as possible. Even scenes such as war and torture must be shot in real scenes.
I thought this request was too much. The approval from the high command was issued on the same day: Yes.
So those death row inmates who were held in various concentration camps were also escorted to the set in Sicily. It's completely 100% real-life shooting.
Not surprisingly, Danielle, the war girl who became the chief casting assistant, immediately recognized several important characters from the first death train to arrive. Lenka Fafková and Marie Kovárníková from Anthropoid, members of the Czechoslovak resistance movement who participated in " Operation Anthropoid.” Successfully assassinated German Gestapo leader Heydrich with biological and chemical weapons. After the operation, he was arrested by the Gestapo for being betrayed by a traitor. The two men and several other resistance members were later executed by firing squad at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.
Now a transfer order was sent to Sicily. Participate in the actual filming of the movie.
The SS officer Ilsa who escorted them came from "Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS" and ran the notorious Concentration Camp No. 9 with her partner Dr. Binz. Horrible medical experiments were conducted on female prisoners. This is one of the masterpieces of Nazi exploitation films.
Exploitation film is a type of film with the theme of "exploitation". Often featuring sexual provocation, or explicit sex, sensational violence, drug use, nudity, fanaticism, gore, absurdity, destruction, betrayal, and mutilation. Such films first appeared in the 1920s, but later than those in Europe and the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. It was only when regions relaxed censorship standards and taboos on movies that they began to spread. Since the 1990s, the genre has also received academic attention and is sometimes referred to as Paracinema.
Exploitation films rely heavily on provocative advertising and explicit and exaggerated depictions of issues, but ignore the inherent quality of the films themselves. Exploitation films are often widely regarded as products of poor quality. Even so, exploitation films can sometimes attract attention and cult followings.
The Death Train is also a real historical tragedy.
At the end of World War II, the Nazis frantically conducted "death transfers" on concentration camp prisoners. They were forced to trek long distances in the freezing cold, with little or no food and water, or even rest. Those who could not keep up with the team were shot. The largest "death transfer" occurred in the winter of late 1944 to early 1945. Nine days before the Soviet troops arrived at Auschwitz, the German army took tens of thousands of prisoners from the camp to the town of Wodzislaw, 35 miles away. , where they were put on freight trains bound for other concentration camps. About a quarter died on the journey.
Before that, there was the even more infamous Holocaust train. In order to forcibly deport Jews, Nazi Germany used Holocaust trains to transport victims to German Nazi concentration camps, labor camps, and extermination camps via the national railway system operated by Deutsche Bahn.
There is no doubt that World War II was a tragic period of history for human civilization. The two axes of evil in the Eastern and Western hemispheres: Nazi Germany and militaristic Japan also need a thorough confession and deep introspection.
