The series "Our mothers, our fathers": actors and roles

In 2013, the movie "Our mothers, our fathers" was released on the screens. Actors F. Bruch and T. Schilling played the brothers Vinters - the main characters of the film. The consultant of the picture was the historian, specialist for World War II Zenke Knightzel, which already causes confidence in this film work. What is the film "Our mothers, our fathers"? Actors and roles, as well as the plot of the film - the topic of the article.

main characters

The film consists of three series. The greatest tragedy of the 20th century - the Second World War - is shown through the eyes of our main enemy in the film "Our Mothers, Our Fathers". Actors Katarina Schüttler, Ludwig Trepte, Miriam Stein made up the company Bruch and Schilling on the set. However, their names are not known to the Russian audience. The series "Our mothers, our fathers", whose reviews are presented at the end of the article, caused different feelings. In Germany, it was called a "cultural event". In Russia and Poland, the view of the picture is somewhat different.

"Another time"

The plot of the film tells about the fate of five friends who fell into the meat grinder of the Second World War. Very young guys in the summer of 1941 meet in a cozy cafe in their native Berlin. The three young men and two girls are friends for a long time, they are full of young enthusiasm and make plans for the future, tirelessly repeating the words of their Fuhrer. Blitzkrieg! The war will be lightning fast, and they will return home with a victory. Just a few weeks, from the strength of the month. In a few days, Poland was captured, the Soviet Union went on, and then the whole world. You do not even have to conquer it: you just have to come and take it. And they will do it, because only the Germans are a truly brave and strong people.

"Other time", "Another war", "Another country" - the so-called parts that contain the series "Our mothers, our fathers". How many series will filmmakers need to show what happens to young people who are first admired and then disappointed in the Hitlerite idea? The director of the film, referred to in the article, believed that there are enough three parts.

The emphasis in the story is on changing the consciousness of the characters. In the first part, it seems to them that their time has come. In the second they understand that it is not so easy to kill and destroy. In the third part, the friends return home. But already in a completely different country: ruined and humiliated.

At the front

The brothers of Vinter are sent to the Eastern Front and from the first days of their presence in the war they realize what hell is. Shouts of the wounded, the whistling of bullets, fear and pain. Gradually comes the realization that blitzkrieg is impossible, and the war will be long and bloody.

It takes a little time, and the Germans understand that the severe Russian winter has come, which brought with it fierce frosts, frostbite, death and a sense of hopelessness. They do not yet know that they have a few years of nightmare ahead of them. They have to go through all the circles of hell, manage to survive on the front, kill and feel the breath of death behind them. But the most difficult thing is to go through the bitterness of defeat.

Charlotte and Greta

Narrative of the women's destinies series "Our mothers, our fathers." The actors and roles played by them are listed below:

1. Wilhelm (F. Bruch).
2. Friedhelm (T. Schilling).
3. Greta (K. Schüttler).
4. Charlotte (M. Stein).
5. Victor (Goldshayn).

Beauty Charlotte at the call of the heart sent to work as a nurse in the hospital. The human suffering that she saw inflicted irreparable harm on her psyche. Burns, frostbite, severe injuries, torn arms and legs, death, pain, fear and death again. A tender girl, the soul of a company and a laughter can not stand the burden of human suffering that has fallen on her.

The second heroine is Greta. She became a singer and toured the front, encouraging the soldier in moments of rest. Greta meets Victor, a friend from long gone days. He was one of those who, in that merry company, in a sunny Berlin café, talked about the victory of the German army.

Greta learns that Victor was in the worst position. He is a Jew, and his fate is sealed. Victor is waiting for a concentration camp. Greta does not yet know that from there the prisoners are sent to the gas chambers. But she does her best, desperately trying to save her friend.

"Another country"

Friends meet in the same cafe at the end of the film "Our mothers, our fathers." The actors recreated images of broken, lost people on the screen. Three survived: Wilhelm, Victor and Greta. Charlotte was shot. Friedhelm also died. The survivors drink to their dead friends.

After surviving the war, having passed through the icy winter of 1941 and the Battle of Kursk in 1943, through concentration camps, front-line hospitals and the Wehrmacht's fine battalion, they became quite different people. Now, after many years, they understand that they were cruelly duped and that everyone has their own truth.

This is the plot of the film "Our mothers, our fathers". Actors played in this picture, according to critics, brilliantly. Director and camera work is also praiseworthy. But the story provoked conflicting feelings.

Reviews

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia sent a letter to the German embassy criticizing the film. The creators of the picture put on one board the excesses of the invaders and single crimes of Soviet servicemen. In Poland, the film was also perceived negatively.

A special theme among Russian bloggers was the discussion of the depiction of the mass rape of German women by soldiers of the defeated army. According to a certain part of the audience, the film is nothing more than an attempt to promote German humanism. And it remains unclear what caused the inspiration of the heroes at the beginning of the picture. After going to a foreign country, the brothers Vintera and their friends could not help but understand what they were going to do.

The film is distinguished by German pedantry. Carefully built entourage, carefully observed historical reliability. On the whole, it turned out to be a beautiful and at the same time sad film.