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AUGUST DIEHL as Marc Schrader in Tattoo (2002) | dir. Robert Schwentke

80 years ago, on April 19, 1945, after an Allied air raid, self-appointed Luftwaffe Captain Willi Herold and his gang were forced to leave the Aschendorfermoor camp where they had executed over a hundred deserters.

War drama is one of my favorite genres and I've seen many American, German, Soviet, Japanese, Chinese and Israeli films. But lately, the movie that comes to my mind most often is Der Hauptmann, directed by Robert Schwentke. The movie is based on the story of Willi Herold, but its meaning is much broader than that. It's a movie about how fascism takes root in people, how people behave in dire circumstances, a movie about the banality of evil. The scene that enfolds during the credits is particularly brilliant.

April 30 will be the 80th anniversary of Hitler's suicide. I live in a country with a jingoistic dictatorial regime that is waging a war of aggression, and the thought that autocrats and dictators are mortal - and their death can be… quite swift and sudden - is immensely comforting. Even if I and other sensible people have to endure a few more years. Even if there is a time of instability ahead. Its the usual course of history, after all.

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