1980 color film 100 minutes

Co-produced by Swiss Limbaugh Film Company/Swiss TV /zweites Deutsches fernsehen/ Austrian TV.

Director: Malcus Imhof Photography: hans richter's main actors: Tina Engel (Udit), Gade Davit (Schneider), renate steig (Anna) and Matthias Nietig (Franz).

This film won the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay and Best Performance at 198 1 West Berlin International Film Festival; 1982 French Reina Claire Award

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In the dark, a steam locomotive stopped in a small town not far from the Swiss border. The driver carefully stepped down the ladder, looked around anxiously, quickly took a girl out of the coal car, then helped an old man, then a little boy ... one by one, the figures disappeared under the slope through the white steam fog. The gravel on the road rolled down and there were German soldiers shouting in the carriage. One of the German soldiers named Schneider jumped out of the car and wanted to have a look, but was stopped by his comrades: "Carl, where are you going?" Carl Schneider, a Nazi soldier in his thirties, was sympathetic to these Jews, old and young. He snatched two boys from a woman and quickly took them across the river into Switzerland. After he fired two shots in the air, these people were lucky enough to walk to the door of a small hotel in town.

Anna, the hostess of the hotel, is a simple middle-aged woman in rural Switzerland. She is cheerful and compassionate, so many people appear in front of her that she is at a loss. The Jewish old man immediately took out two silver spoons from his schoolbag and gave them to Anna. "My name is Ostrovschi and I used to live in Vienna. We people will leave here when it is dark. " Anna took them into the kitchen. In addition to the old man, there is his granddaughter Kitty, a lovely little girl of eight or nine years old. The young woman's name is Judith, and the boy Morris in her arms is not her child. The boy can only speak French. I don't know whose child this is. You Dite's younger brother Olaf was shot in the arm when he escaped, and he had to be hung with a bandage, as well as the German soldier Schneider who helped them escape. Anna has been married for many years, but for some reason, she still has no children. When she saw Morris, a white and gentle boy, she liked him very much. She hugged him and helped him wash his hair and change his clothes ... Anna was still playing drums while she was busy: it has long been circulating outside that Jewish refugees often enter the country and so many people come to her house. If she doesn't report it, she will be implicated, but if she reports it, all these will be implicated. She is very ambivalent. In order to hide her embarrassed expression, she made eggs and pancakes for everyone and poured fruit wine, which made these Jews seem to see the savior. The old man said to his granddaughter, "A miracle really happened!" Anna also brought a plate of ham, which everyone was embarrassed to eat, because it was limited in supply and difficult to get. Katie naively said to grandpa, "I can write to Stefan now and tell him that we have reached our destination!" " "

You Dite saw Anna's mobile phone at home, so he took out a crumpled letter from his pocket. This is her husband's last letter. He escaped from the German labor camp to Switzerland, maybe not far from here, maybe he will see him again today. You Dite excitedly wanted to dial the phone, but Anna told her that she would call on her behalf as a precaution, and she would help Judy get in touch with her husband in Swiss German. She closed the glass door and dialed the number on the letter. She speaks Swiss German. You can't understand or hear clearly through the glass. She was very anxious and tried to open the glass door several times. Finally, Anna told her that her husband might be allowed to call at night.

Anna's husband Franz is back. He owns a small hotel and runs a factory. He is slightly fat and agile. When he got home, he found many people eating and drinking in the kitchen. He was very dissatisfied. But when Anna quietly took out a silver spoon engraved with zigzag lettering, he stopped talking. Seeing that there was a lot of ham left on the plate, Franz stuffed two pieces into his mouth at random, turned to the mill and asked his only employee to call the town police. Anna stopped him at once and told him that these people had promised to leave as soon as it got dark. Franz angrily returned to the kitchen, claiming that he had to pay even if he lived in the kitchen. When he saw young Olaf with a bandage on his arm, he thought he must be playing tricks. You Dite was very angry. He picked up his brother and walked out. A deep despair rose in her heart: anyway, it was a dead end, so someone might as well shoot them now. Franz felt guilty when she untied the bandage on her brother's bloody hand. He called his wife for a doctor and invited them to the laundry room in the backyard, saying it was safer there.

Anna took a basket of vegetables and eggs to the priest's house for advice. But the priest was afraid of breaking the laws of the country, so he had to quietly come up with an idea. If they could form a family, then the children could stay and even the deserters could be taken in. But he warned Anna not to say it was his idea. Anna came back from the priest feeling full of hope. She pulled the two children together and studied them carefully, and found that they were quite similar to the two brothers and sisters. You Dite is of course the mother, so who is the father? You Dite held his brother's arm tightly, which was not like a couple. Olaf is only in his twenties. Why does he have a 9-year-old daughter? Ostrovschi is too old to be a grandfather. Schneider, a German deserter, is the most suitable, but he has never been taken into account. Moreover, as soon as Anna heard that deserters could be taken in, she couldn't figure out what international law stipulated that we should support all the fleeing Nazis, but those who were tortured by them had to be sent back. It was finally decided that Schneider would be the father. Olaf put on a military uniform and became a child soldier. These people form a new family, but what if Morris can't speak German? Or old people can trick children into playing dumb with lollipops.

When the township police came, he inquired about everyone's situation and said that it would cost money to stay. You Dite handed over all his jewelry, and the old man took out a silver spoon and asked them to stay. But the cunning police found the flaw, and Olaf was uncomfortable wearing a fat German uniform, which made him do several military actions. In order to save himself, Schneider quickly took out the military card hidden in his body and said that he was the real deserter. At this moment, You Dite's husband, Kruger, escaped from the gate of hell with the help of the company quartermaster and called his wife, just in time for the appearance of the township police. He tapped your brother's phone. Morris, who was taken away by the town police, has been haunted by Anna. Morris was so scared that he spoke French that everything was exposed. "You all lost the bet. Go back to the border! " The township police told everyone that this was Berne's order, and only four kinds of people could not be expelled: first, deserters; Second, political refugees only for racial reasons, but not including Jews; Third, minors ... he faltered that there is no such person here; Fourth, parents whose biological sons are under 6 years old. But you don't match any of them, so we have to go back!

These people must leave Switzerland. Anna wanted to keep the boy, but her husband Franz took a fancy to Udit and tried to help her escape several times, but all failed. When the police sent Schneider and Olaf away first, You Dite could not bear to leave her brother. She was lying in front of the car that was about to start, but she still couldn't stop them from taking her brother away. The township police are pushing bicycles, leading the elderly, children and women to the border slowly. Franz, who had been hesitating, finally caught up with them on his motorcycle. He put all the people in the car with Tuo Dou, and then asked the township police to go back to the village and escort them out of the country. He wanted to take Judith into town to meet her husband, but he met the army on the way. All of them were finally put in prison and sent to the border the next morning.

It kept raining, and the Swiss border guards carried red and white flags to send the old people, children and women out of the border fence, and the figure disappeared in Germany. At this time, the cross flag inserted here is like flying at half mast, and the rain is still ticking. Subtitles appeared on the screen: You Dite and Kitty were poisoned in the Polish treblinka concentration camp; Ostrovschi died in transit; Olaf was expelled after the wound healed, and his whereabouts were unknown; Franz was sentenced to prison in Switzerland.

Distinguish and appreciate

During World War II, several Swiss soldiers blocked an underground passage with cement. They talked while working: "What a good wine cellar!" ""What a pity! Nazi soldiers over there have already drunk! " "What's the difference between Jews and fried sausages? Can you tell? "

The movie "The Boat is Full" begins with these dialogues. Directed by Malcus Imhof, this film is basically adapted from the work of the same name by Alfred hessler, a Swiss political commentator, and refers to Professor Karl Ludwig's Report on Swiss Refugee Policy 1933- 1955, Edgar Beaujol (1995). Therefore, the film is not pure fiction, but has certain historical authenticity. According to the historical records of Switzerland, in September of 1939, 7 100 Jews fled to Switzerland, and in June of 1942, the number increased to 8,300. At that time, Jews regarded Switzerland as a "refugee ship". Due to the increasing number of immigrants who account for a large proportion of Swiss residents, housing and supply are difficult, so * * * has taken some corresponding measures. August 1942, 13 Swiss border closed, only political prisoners were allowed to take refuge; Due to racial discrimination,1June 2, 944, 12 ordered Jews not to become political refugees. The Swiss border put a special sign on the visa for Jews to enter the country: J-Jude. It also includes all non-Aryans to distinguish them from real German tourists. Although the Swiss did not kill the Jews themselves, not providing them with protection is tantamount to sending them to the jaws of death. At the beginning of the film, several Swiss soldiers are blocking the underground passage, which means that the hatch cover of the ship has been sealed. The function of the tunnel is the same as that of a ship, that is to say, it can help people escape. Of course, there are also good people in Switzerland. Anna tried her best to help these Jews, but she couldn't disobey Berne's orders. Anna's husband didn't like the refugees at first, but later he was moved by sympathy. He failed to help the refugees escape, but was sentenced to prison.

The fate of the Jews is even worse. Young You Dite fled to Switzerland with a glimmer of hope, hoping to find a husband, but the last time they met was in a Swiss prison. On the way to escort them away from the Swiss border, she heard that the Swiss would take in pregnant women, and she wanted to try this last resort. She asked the military doctor around her: "Are you a doctor? Why am I fired when I am pregnant? " The doctor examined her face, looked at her belly, and then smiled: "Nonsense! Did you deny it last night? " You Dite said, "That's because of fear!" The lieutenant told her with a smile that driving a motorcycle would not get pregnant. You Dite didn't look at the lieutenant again and walked to the railway bridge at the border ... These Jews didn't even have the qualification to enter a Swiss prison. They were all sent back to Germany, and some died in concentration camps; Some died on the way to escort; Some people are missing. ...

Through the tragic ending of several German refugees who happened to gather together and were forcibly repatriated by Switzerland in World War II, the film lashed out at the ruthlessness and hypocrisy of the Swiss authorities, and what it did was completely contrary to the world-famous title of "humanitarian asylum country". After the film was released, it was widely praised in Switzerland and abroad. Swiss World Weekly commented: "In the film Malcus Imhof, people's complex thoughts and psychological states were clearly displayed, which left a very deep impression on people. In the same person, sympathy and disgust, a knife hidden in a smile and inner guilt, loyalty to one's duties and dissatisfaction with Bern are all churning violently. "

198 1 At the West Berlin International Film Festival in February, when director Malcus and actress Tina sat in the box of the "Animal Palace" cinema and watched "The Boat is Full" quietly with the audience, he found that the audience was so excited, as if there was really a boat coming, as if the actors were walking a tightrope. They are not afraid of danger, and some people are even tied to ropes. It is said that the ship is full, but it is not full, just full psychologically and spiritually. This kind of morality can be understood and accepted by people. The purpose of Malcus's film is not to blame the "scapegoat" in the past, but to ask: What attitude should we take when each of us is intuitively wary of foreigners and wants to save them from the danger of death for moral reasons? The film not only shows the situation at that time, but also wants the parties to ask themselves: What is our attitude towards foreigners today?

Malcus is good at making feature films in the form of documentaries. His more successful film is 1975.

In "Dangerous Prison Break", he thinks it is necessary to show the prison world to the audience in detail, and writing about prisons is more important than writing stories. In "The Ship is Full", what he wants the audience to know is not the story but the history, trying to get rid of the drama mode and make the audience laugh and cry in real feelings. Malcus thinks it takes courage to make such a film. He heard about this history several years ago and then read some materials. He felt very angry because he had always been proud to be a Swiss citizen. However, the history he learned from school textbooks is not like that at all, and he is ashamed of it. This may be the reason why he made up his mind to shoot this film and left Switzerland to move to Milan, Italy. In addition to winning prizes in West Germany and France respectively, this film was nominated for the best foreign language film at the American Academy Awards in 1982.