Those were the days
Or maybe they weren’t. Although most Germans probably don’t even know who the Red Baron was, the ones who do know also know, instinctively or otherwise, that they aren’t supposed to like him.
He was a so-called war hero, after all. And he was a German one, too. Worse still, he was one of those aristocrat types and therefore a class enemy and on the wrong side of history and all that. And to make matters even worse, some even claim that he was actually an emotional and sensitive and chivalrous man and not at all the cold-blooded killer all so-called war hero types like himself invariably have to be, German or not, past, present or future.
So when a “taboo-breaking” German film about the famous First World War flying ace Manfred von Richthofen premiered in Berlin the other night and nobody really cared, well, the filmmakers were understandably disappointed. In a country that ritually displays its revulsion to war, one could have hoped for at least a little controversy or anti-war protest or something, but, like I said, nobody seemed to care.
You can’t count on anybody these days, I guess. An action drama with a German war hero just doesn’t get anybody’s blood pressure up (anymore? did it ever?). I guess this guy is just too much of an historical figure to be much of a threat. Maybe it would have worked out better if they would have filmed the dog fights in Afghanistan and billed it as science fiction instead.
“Boy, that was fun!”
He was a so-called war hero, after all. And he was a German one, too. Worse still, he was one of those aristocrat types and therefore a class enemy and on the wrong side of history and all that. And to make matters even worse, some even claim that he was actually an emotional and sensitive and chivalrous man and not at all the cold-blooded killer all so-called war hero types like himself invariably have to be, German or not, past, present or future.
So when a “taboo-breaking” German film about the famous First World War flying ace Manfred von Richthofen premiered in Berlin the other night and nobody really cared, well, the filmmakers were understandably disappointed. In a country that ritually displays its revulsion to war, one could have hoped for at least a little controversy or anti-war protest or something, but, like I said, nobody seemed to care.
You can’t count on anybody these days, I guess. An action drama with a German war hero just doesn’t get anybody’s blood pressure up (anymore? did it ever?). I guess this guy is just too much of an historical figure to be much of a threat. Maybe it would have worked out better if they would have filmed the dog fights in Afghanistan and billed it as science fiction instead.
“Boy, that was fun!”
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Was Snoopy in this film? If not, I can understand it not quite catching on. (Comment this)
Fly Snoopy fly! Wir sitzen in der ersten Reihe. (Comment this)
Kurt Beck from the SPD, he plays the red airplane.
He´s flying with BIOfuel, saving the world, but not the taxpayers money.
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