This film theme is prejudice and discrimination of rank, racial, religion and nation. During first world war, two man from France participated in the war. But they are captured. And they are familiar with each other because they are from the same nation. Although this familiar relationship, they didn’t have totally deep relationship between them. Because the one is the aristoclasic class and the other is proleteria class. This shows us the discrimination of class. On the other hand, the man from Germany can be familiar with the noble class from France, this is because they are all from noble class. From this situation, this discrimination is organized in the society so deeply, so we can recognize the discrimination of class is a very hard thing to overcome.
The two man from France were sent to prison camp, and there they met one guy from France. The noble man from France is connected this guy because of sharing privilege, but they are separated because of the class. And the proleteria class man from France is connected with this guy because of their same class, but they are also separated because of their different religion and race.
In this movie, the window is used to express their separation and boundary. Through the last scene, the director of this movie tried to show that the discrimination of class, race and religion can be overcomed. And all most scene is showed from eye level angle.
A good start with this, Angela. It helps when you start to look at the director' use of the window as a symbolic framing element. Still, you need to do more with this analysis than identify the issue. Tell us more about the mise en scène of one shot and how it develops the theme you identify.
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