Positionedattheabyssthatdividesthepastfromthepresentandinvestedequallyinthemythsofnationalcinemaandtherewritingofitshistory,thetwofilmstobediscussedareideallysuitedtoarticulatesomeofthecomplexitiesofpostwarcinema,includingtheaudience’sdesiretoforgetaswellaspreserveandthepsychologicalneedsofasocietyhauntedbywhathasbeencalled“theinabilitytomourn.”//Hake,S.PopularcinemaoftheThirdReich[M].UniversityofTexasPress,2010:213.
非常严肃的现实主义悲剧
在纳粹政权崛起的背景下,《暗影中的婚姻》以梅塔和约阿希姆·戈特沙尔克的悲惨真实故事为蓝本