What makes this film great is its historical context and the subtle acting of the two stars: Ockar Werner and Simone Signoret.
You see Nazi Germany before the war, and the mindset of the German people. What's haunting is the similarity to the mindset today when fascism is now predominant in America and Europe now, with citizens oblivious to it.
Every citizen of the United States should view this movie. History repeats itself. Mussolini had defined fascism as the merger of corporatism and the government. So it was true in Nazi Germany, and so it is true today with huge corporations owning politicians and the media.
You see Nazi Germany before the war, and the mindset of the German people. What's haunting is the similarity to the mindset today when fascism is now predominant in America and Europe now, with citizens oblivious to it.
Every citizen of the United States should view this movie. History repeats itself. Mussolini had defined fascism as the merger of corporatism and the government. So it was true in Nazi Germany, and so it is true today with huge corporations owning politicians and the media.