The Film opens with an extreme close up of a hand lighting three candles in a Jewish household. ... From this scene the audience is prepared to see the extermination of the Jews to follow. The candle represents the Jewish population, and the burning of these candles is a symbol of the holocaust, which will soon follow. ... The first word spoken in the film is "Name", during the film we see this use of names and lists as a major theme of the film, that the Jews were striped of their identity , and reduced to a number on a list. ... These symbols are essential for creating an atmosphere and moo...

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Reasons for the film's success abroad lies in the answers to these questions. ..."... Throughout the film, Herr Kaleun, appears excessively phlegmatic. ... In the beginning of the film the war correspondent is naive bouncing around the sub, snapping photos. We follow him through the vessel, as the 2nd officer gives him the tour and escorts him to his bed. ... In the early moments of the film Petersen uses some techniques to illustrate the status of the Captain. ...

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This is one of the questions that the film "Apt Pupil" asks. But, the film does more than this. ... Therefore, if you have not seen the film, please stop reading now; then, after you've seen the film, please come back. ... This is the key question the film attempts to answer. ... When the film opens, the evil in Dussander is dormant. ...

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A great film or book always has certain characteristics. ... All of this has to do with the specifics events in World War II, and the reactions of the people, or filmmakers, that followed. ... While the men knew what they were doing, they may have been so terrified of Hitler that they decided they had no choice but to follow orders. ... This may have been a point to be shown countless times in both film and fiction. ... This could be the reason for the showing of the guilt in the Italian film. ...

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Most will not just follow the crowd or follow some dictator, because they know better. ... In addition to the newspapers, the film industry was also very closely supervised. ... Karl Ritter, a fanatical Nazi, film director, glorified death in battle in his films (Rhodes 21). ... "The effect of these films was inordinate. ... Under Allied interrogation, they revealed the influence these films had had on them"(Rhodes 21). ...

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Maybe because he had seen possibilities, which the war brought in its wake, he followed on the heels of the SS when the Germans invaded Poland. Oscar schindler changed throughout the film from a mean person to a caring person. ... Yet another point during the film is old Jewish man fails to complete a task in less than sixty seconds so amen gurt decides to make room for new workers and to take the man outside and shoot him. ... The last thing that totally changes Oscar is towards the end of the film he decides to move his plant to a new location and take a list of Jews with him "schindler...

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