详情介绍
本片(剧)是一部英国制片作品的记录片,于2015年上映。对白语言为英语,目前评分7.0(仅供参考)。
TheSecondWorldWarwasthemostdestructiveconflictinhistory,layingwastenotonlytoEurope’speoplebutalsoitsinfrastructure,institutionsanditsmoralfoundations.Onlyatthewar’sendwasthetruescaleofhumansufferingandmiseryrevealed,andsodevastatingwasthescenethatEuropewasdubbed‘TheNewDarkContinent'.Butforciviliansinparticular,liberationoftenmarkednottheendoftheirtroublesbutthebeginningofnewones,withfamineanddiseasewidespreadandanatmospherethickwithethnictensionandrevenge. Thisfilmwillre-examinetheaftermathoftheWartoaskiftoomuchstresshasbeenlaidonanoptimisticviewofvictoryinEuropewithcelebratoryimagesofVEdayandnewsreelcoverageoftheliberationofplaceslikeParis.Whilenarrativesofhopeandreconciliationareimportant,areparallelstoriesshowingthedarkersideofpeaceyettoreceivedueprominence?Liberationwasbitter,bloodyandvengeful,andtherewereprofoundandpervasivefearsthatthepeacecouldbelost.Throughrarearchiveanduniquepersonaltestimony,thisfilmrevealsthe‘poisonedpeace’of1945tothrowlightonapost-warEuropewherecivilisationteeteredonthebrinkofchaos,butthestoryofthetransitionfromwartopeaceformsthehingeonwhichmodernEuropeanhistoryturns.
