As Naydenov says at some moment about the German tankers, 'they are fascists, of course, but they are human beings." Even Adolf Hitler, who appears at the end of the movie, has a chance to state his reasons. In the movie, evil is evil, but it has a dignity of its own. Is part of us - we cannot ignore it, we can never completely avoid it. There could be no good if there were no evil - and evil and good are part of a great cycle. No, it is more subtle, more nuanced, more structured.Įvil and good are not the same thing, but in a way they dependįrom each other. Guys versus bad guys, as it is in an endless number of movies from This movie is not a trivial version of the theme of good Yes, it is a facet of the movie, but the theme of the return of the Nazi evil is not a cheap propaganda shot. You could say that the movie has a clear meaning linked to recent events, especially when Naydenov says that the evil tank is not destroyed, but it lurks somewhere, ready to come back, "maybe in 20 years, maybe 50, or a hundred years". But there is no evil Captain Ahab, here, and Naydenov is more like Sir Galahad, the perfect knight of "La Morte d'Arthur." Or perhaps like Marduk fighting the dragoness Tiamat in Akkadian lore. So, the film moves on in a mythical quest, a land based version of "Moby Dick", with the white whale in the form of a white tank.
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