Chapter 515, The Age of Movies (3)
The film then shifts to concentration camps, where the British begin to adopt the concentration camp system in order to fight the heroic Boer guerrillas. Anne's family was imprisoned in a concentration camp. Their houses and farmsteads were set on fire by the British.
"Damn the British. My dad said that the British are the worst thing to do. That's so true! Heidi's red eyes widened, and she clenched her little fists and cursed.
"That's it! They are all devils! Katie also whispered, "When I have a child, I will also sue him, first to believe in God, and second to hate the British!" β
If it were a normal day for Katie to say something like "wait until I have a baby", then Heidi would have seized on that sentence to make fun of her. But at this time, Heidi didn't mean that way, but nodded, and then said, "I think so too." β
"The food became very scarce, everyone was very hungry and very cold. I haven't seen my dad for a long time, he is locked up on the other side of the wall, and I heard that the British forced them to dig blockade ditches everywhere, and many people died of exhaustion in the ditches. Then the British simply asked the others to dig a little deeper where the deceased had fallen, and then threw his body into it, and then covered it with earth and buried it. Mom was worried about Dad because she hadn't heard from him all the time, and she was worried that Dad might be dead. I was also worried about it, and I often had nightmares about them throwing my dad into a deep pit. But I didn't dare to tell my mother about this dream, I was afraid that she would be very worried. β
At this time, there was a commotion outside, and Anne quickly put away the diary and pressed it under a pile of hay.
"All the people come out!" Outside, the shouts of the British were heard. So the women and the children came out of the dark "room" and into the cold and windy open field, and lined up according to the request of the British.
A number of heavily armed British soldiers stood there with guns, some of them leading dogs, which barked at the women and children. The camp commander paced slowly in front of the group of women and children with his hands behind his back and a horsewhip.
"Today there was a very serious crime, someone flouted the order of the concentration camps, flouted the regulations of the British Empire, and actually stole military supplies from the British Empire! Someone sneaked into the cafeteria today and stole breakfast for the military dogs of the British Empire! This is a provocation to the British Empire! They must be punished severely! β
The officer stood still, looked around them with a vicious look, and said, "I'll give you a chance to find the thief myself." Otherwise......" he drout, and with the whip in his left hand, he pulled it out of the holster at his waist, "I will shoot one of you at random every ten minutes until someone tells the truth." β
The officer lowered his head and glanced at the watch in his hand: "Now start the timer." β
There was a dead silence all around.
"How could he do that? This beast who deserves to go to hell! Heidi said through gritted teeth.
"Heidi, don't push so hard, you're pinching my hands." Katie said.
At this time, on the screen, the British officer walked up to Anne, who bowed her head vigorously and trembled.
"Little girl, do you know who did it?" The officer bent down and said in a very gentle tone.
"No...... I don't know......" Anna trembled like a leaf in the wind.
"Sir!" Anne's mother shouted.
The officer straightened up and turned to Anne's mother: "So, madam, you know?" β
"No, I don't know." Mrs. Braun forced her composure.
"Oh, that's a shame." The officer, still smiling, shook his head slightly, raised his gun in his hand, and aimed it at Mrs. Braun. "Bang" a gunshot rang out, and a red dot appeared on Mrs. Braun's forehead, (yes, bright red.) Although there was only black and white film at this time, in this scene, in order to achieve a better effect, Scrooge had the post-production personnel hand dye the dot on each piece of film red. Then she shook and fell to the ground.
"Mom!" Anna threw herself on her mother and burst into tears.
"Still no one knows?" The officer blew on the still smoking muzzle, took out a white handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the pistol leisurely, and then asked slowly.
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"This damn guy!" Tom jerked to his feet, about to rush towards the screen. Heidi hurriedly grabbed him: "What are you going to do?" β
"Heidi, let me go! I'm going to kill that bastard! Tom said excitedly as he struggled.
"Tom, calm down, it's a movie! It's just a movie! β
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"Very well, after another ten minutes, and still no one says?" The British officer said with a sinister smile, unaware that someone was going to rush into the movie from the audience and shoot him.
At this time, a little child trembled and walked out with a cower.
"You did it?" The officer asked?
"No...... No. The child shook his head tremblingly with a crying voice.
"Do you know who it is?" The officer put the pistol back in its holster, bent down in front of him, and asked again in a very mild tone.
"Hmm." The child shivered and nodded. Everyone around looked nervously at the child.
"Then who are you suing me?" The officer asked.
"It's her!" The child reached out and pointed to Mrs. Braun, who was lying in a pool of blood.
"Bastard!" The officer suddenly whipped the boy in the face, knocking him to the ground. Then he stood up, looked at the others, and then said to the soldiers, "Let's go." β
The camera pans to Anne, who is still kneeling like a sculpture...... Then, accompanied by the low and mournful melody of the cello, the melodious voiceover sounded again:
"I know Anthony is saying this to protect more people, because my mom is dead anyway, and there's no way they're going to kill my mom again. Everybody says Anthony is smart, but I just don't like him, and it's not just because I know that I actually stole the dog. He was the one who gave the bread - for many of us got a little bit from him, and I and my mother got itβand even more because he said it was my mother who stole it, although I also knew that, at that time, that was the best way to put it. I don't hate him, but I just don't like him...... Life in the camps became more and more difficult. I thought it would have been nice if I had died the time I had diphtheria two years earlier. β
If a time-traveler saw this paragraph, and he knew something about similar movies in later generations, he would definitely shake his head and say, "People can't be shameless to this point." Because whether it is this plot or the soundtrack that follows, it is completely plagiarizing the later "Schindler's List".
Many years later, some people began to suspect that the description in this paragraph of "The Diary of Anne Frank" was artificially added by the person who compiled the diary later. Although they made a lot of excuses, it was clear that these people were taking pennies from the British. Therefore, of course, the peace-loving and conscientious people of the world should rightly refute them and rebuke them: "The Jews sold their conscience and bought dozens of silver coins, what about you? It's only five pennies, and you've sold your conscience? β
The picture on the screen gradually dimmed, and a line of text appeared on the screen:
"This is the last diary we found, Anne 61 Braun. Half a month later, the Boer guerrillas liberated the Shire concentration camp, where Anne's body and her diary were found.
I would like to dedicate this film to the thousands of victims of the unjust wars that have destroyed their lives. β
Then the lights on the four walls of the theater came on. Only then did the audience realize that the movie was over, so they stood up and walked outside while talking.
As soon as she left the door, Heidi immediately pulled Katie and ran towards the ticket office.
"Heidi, what are you doing?" Katie asked.
"Don't you want to watch it again?" Heidi said.
"That's a great idea!" Katie said, "Just look at it...... Oh my God, how can there be such a long line? I'm afraid this line is going to line up outside of Manhattan, right? β
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The same scenario is seen in Cleveland, in Philadelphia, in D.C., in Paris, in Lyon, in Frankfurt, in Berlin, in Rome, in Turin, in all the cities where it is shown.
The next day, almost all the newspapers began to report on the frenzy set off by the sound film "The Diary of Anne Frank." And in many cities in the United States and Europe, demonstrations against Britain have also taken place. For example, in Paris, although the police are on standby, the citizens of Paris, who are full of a sense of justice, still use slingshots, throwing stones, etc., so that the British Embassy in France almost does not even have a complete window pane. The people of Berlin declared that they would never sell any goods to the British Embassy, so that the embassy men did not dare to show their English tones when they went out to buy things, and the people of Rome adopted some more ingenious methods of struggle against the British diplomats. For example, when the British embassy comes out to purchase supplies, they always find that there are always people who like to squeeze over when they arrive in the downtown area, and then they find that their wallets are missing. There was also an extra note in his pocket: "This is revenge for Anne!" Damn the British, go to hell! "For the first time, the film is a form of propaganda that shows its huge, shocking power.
Under the pressure of such public opinion, the German government, the Dutch government, the Italian government, the Belgian government, the American government, and even the French government, which had almost fallen headlong into the arms of the British in order to confront Germany, and the Spanish government, which wore the same pants as Britain in order to confront the United States, all stood up and demanded that the British government agree to discharge observers from the British concentration camps in South Africa.