Triumph Over Violence (1965) (original) (raw)
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Romm pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in the 1920s–1940s Europe, but also to a firm conviction that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen again anywhere in the world.
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Content warning: Contains a photograph of Hitler shaking hands with a squirrel.
Note how the narrator speaks about the Moscovites. He speculates on their discussions, their thoughts, their behaviors, contrasting them with the people of Nazi Germany in a very direct manner. This is a film made and endorsed by the Soviets; this is a film they chose to represent themselves. This is a film that cherishes the people. It cherishes the people of Moscow when it watches them in the streets, and it cherishes the people--not the bourgeoisie or the Nazis, but the people--of Germany as they struggled against their fascist oppressors. And it scorns, with at times almost comical contempt, the fascists and capitalists of Nazi Germany. The contempt is welcome, but the mocking tone sometimes reduces the severity of…
Rewatched with friends in preparation of showing to more friends sometime later next year. This time the things that stood out include but are not limited to
* The commentary on how much the capitalists made off of every prisoner in the concentration camps (~$1600), showing just how fucking vile capitalism is, profiting off the unspeakable suffering of the Holocaust. The Holocaust made them millions of dollars.
* The shots of piles of human hair, reminiscent of Night and Fog.
* Marlene Dietrich is mentioned (for leaving and refusing to cooperate with the Nazis), and today is her birthday. Happy birthday, legend!
* The narrator speaks of the ideals of freedom while denouncing the Nazi view of people as belonging…
Twenty million lives is the price the Soviet people payed to defeat fascism. They died thinking it would disappear from the world forever.
Mikhail Romm has such a dry, faintly sarcastic narration and delivery that early on it almost lulls you in to a false sense of security. His deeply humanistic communist mindset has such a heartfelt love of people that even when it's not directly being used as a contrast, you get a picture of a powerful personal philosophy that is fascinated by the detail of ancient cave drawings, adores the odd bits of behaviour and makeshift games of children and just takes joy in watching dolphins. But we know what the topic is and we know why this…
не была готова к тому, что этот фильм окажется не гиперсерьёзным ВИДЕОЭССЕ на тему ужасов фашизма в духе Ночи и тумана Алена Рене, а двухчасовой реакцией на смешные видео с Гитлером формата ЗАСМЕЯЛСЯ - ПРОИГРАЛ
Я посмотрел ЭТО в армии! Ебало представили?
сарказм смешивается с жестоким возвращением в реальность и превращается в перманентный ужас
нравится, что в переводе фильм назван «триумф над насилием». это не лекция о вреде фашизма, а насмешка над ним, заявление о безоговорочной победе, но в то же время горькая таблетка, которая нужна каждому, исключая побочки в виде фанатизма
(I watched this like 2 years ago and forgot to update) but yeah it’s crazy how simple and elementary this documentary is and yet feels 100x informative and is a more complete analysis of WW2 and fascism than Western documentaries, simply because it considers class, capitalism, and imperialism.
Like seriously, you could show this to a 5th grader and they’ll have a deeper understanding than 95% of American adults
на два часа забыла, что в мире есть что-то хорошее
потом услышала рассказ искандера летним днем в исполнении миши и вспомнила, что все таки есть
(The Soviet classics and obscurities marathon continues...)
"Their eyes are still looking at us."
If only all people on Earth thought this way, always, and not just in dire circumstances..."
There's a moment near the beginning of Mikhail Romm's sweeping documentary essay film, Obyknovennyy fashizm (best known as Ordinary Fascism, but also known (rather blandly) as Triumph Over Violence) that is so unexpected and so overwhelming that the impact of it left me stunned and in tears. If you watch it, you'll know exactly where it is, and what it is, and rather than spoil it, I'm saying nothing more.
The film lulls the viewer a bit in its first few minutes, as it looks at everyday people of Moscow…
A film built on contrast of sarcasm and reality. When the narrator wants to mock hitler and fascists, he absolutely humiliates them, but in between those moments the films gets serious, striking us with brutal footage of REAL violence. Label this as Soviet propaganda, but this film is not really pro-soviet, it's an anti-fascist, anti-war celebration of people, of the young generation and their innocence, and you can definitely tell the narrator's worry about the uncertainty of the future.
«Фашизм начинается там, где начинается национальное чванство»
«Обыкновенный фашизм» заслуживает отдельной полки в жанре документального кино, так как Ромм карикатурно исследует корень фашизма, где военная хроника параллельно сопоставлена с бытовой жизнью и, тем самым, показывая, что такой строй продолжает оставаться небольшим отростком в общественно-политическом «организме» до сих пор. Правильно выстроенные кадры дают совершенно точную связь зрителю, где между измерением мозга и конкурсами красоты нет разницы, как и видеоряд подготовки «морских котиков» намекает на удостоенную жизнь школьника в будущем. Стоит отдать должное режиссеру-рассказчику, все-таки так ходить по тонкому льду - мастерство. Еще в то время фильм считали завуалированным сравнением с Советскими Союзом и в этом нет сомнений, а просмотр картины в 2024 году играет ещё более «яркими» красками. Ужас в том, что подставь ты название другой страны в общий ряд - контекст не изменится. «Свастики меняются, но существо остается прежним».
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