JOJO RABBIT | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2023
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I saw this film in theaters and I won’t forget the scene with his mom. I thought the butterfly was going to get ran over by a car or something but when he stands up and you see the shoes, the room went dead quiet and you heard a few audible gasps. Such a fantastic movie!
I've seen many different reactors like Addie view this film, they all make the same face when they see ScarJo's shoes. I'm pretty sure I made the same face the first time I saw it.
the scene was a perfect gutpunch in this otherwise mostly lighthearted movie. perfectly done.
Incredible that it was the kid's first major acting role and he knocked it out of the park.
Not many French-born English kids can pull off a German accent so well as Roman Griffin Davis did which is weird considering Germany, England and France were all Germanic countries that used to be controlled by the Roman and then Byzantine Empire before they had their own.
Easily one of the best movies ever; so unbelievably touching. Captain K's story is so brilliant; the fact that he shows up to JoJo's house not by luck but because he knew Rosie was caught (he shows up with her bike, after all) and wanted to protect JoJo and seeing him piece together what's happening and helping the best he can is so touching. What a movie.
Not her bike, but you got everything else right.
Exactly: nother bike.
at the end, when K finally gets his costume, it's decked out in pink triangles. pink triangles were used by the Nazis to mark gays in the concentration camps.
inferring that Captain K protected Elsa because he was in the closet.
@@nothingmusic42 I mean, I’m not sure that’s why he protected Elsa exactly, but it’s likely the reason he resented the nazi party, which was half the reason he protected her. The other half; he’s a good person.
I feel like this movie did well at showing the absurdity of bigoted ideas and their “logic” while also showing the real world problems and damage those mindsets can cause. It’s a tricky line to walk but I think they did it.
You can tell Rockwell's character knew because he said "You look like a ghost in this photo".
You knew before that, when Elsa said she had wrote the book, Captain K gave that side look (because he knew Jojo wrote it).
So many reactors don't seem to know the Hitler Jugend was a real thing, basically fascist scouts... When you go to the cemeteries in Normandy and visit the German one, you see thousands graves of children who were 16-17 on D-Day. Children who were 11-12 when the war started...
Unfortunately, education isn't always well balanced.
Havent been to normandy but at that stage the actual hitler jugend were recruited exclusively into the 12th ss panzer division that fought at Caen on the British/Canadian/polish sector. Up until late 1944 a german boy, hitler jugend or not, would normally do a year in ‘community service’ after leaving school - at that time usually anti-aircraft batteries in germany - before going into the official military. So former hitler jugend were 18-19 by the time they got to the front except for those who went directly into the 12th SS from 1943 onwards. That broke down entirely in 1945 when the allies crossed the german border. Im aware of 17 year olds in france but ive never heard of 16 year olds.
@@tileux But the kids were fighting within Germany. My old modern history teacher was German and was on anti-aircraft guns when he was 9 yo, while all the officers and officials were hiding and running and killing themselves
It's kinda frustrating actually
Pope Benedict was a member.
The German Shepard joke has me in tears laughing every time 😂
And it's the one that can't work in any language other than English. Certainly not in German. Words for german shepherd the man and german shepherd the dog are really different there.
@@migmit what's funny is that there are even some "German" jokes. The "Ja, ja." before she knees him in the jewels is basically means "Leck mich doch /Go on, lick my ars*" which is the same as "kiss my ars*" in English
Yes me too. And the clones. Those are very funny. Oh and the "I think there's a communist hiding behind my fridge, it was just mold, so the same thing" joke or those lines.
@@simonfrederiksen104 Yeah that also killed me.
When Jojo asked/told her Jews also like ugly things, he just wanted her to like him. He thought of himself as ugly at that point so it was important they also liked ugly things. Even if it came over hurtful it was actually kind of sweet.
(You see him looking at himself in a mirror and right after he asked imaginary Hitler if he was ugly.)
every time mom appears I fill my eyes with tears
Yeah, after seeing this movie for the first time and knowing how it goes I tear up every time Rosie is on screen. This is easily my favourite Scarlet Johanson performance.
Me too😢 every single time
one of the best films I've seen over the last few years...Such a sweet story in the end even with all the heartbreak...Them dancing to Heroes at the end is perfect
When I first watched this movie, the scene where we see ScarJos feet is heartbreaking
The director & writer is Taika Waititi, who also played Hitler. Most of the time he played a burlesque of Hitler. Once or twice he channelled the man quite accurately. You can tell when.
I think that Jojos mom knew about Captain Ks secret, which is why she was so unrestrained around him.
At the end of the day, they all did "what they could," including Captain Ks deliberate sacrifice at the end.
Captain K had lost his Freddie -- he had nothing to live for and sacrificed himself for Jojo
Taika specifically mentioned not doing any research into Hitler because the man is a piece of shit.
Upon reading something like that first line in the paper, Taika felt the need to clarify that "the man is a piece of shit" applies to Hitler.
Taika Waititi' s humour worked perfectly in this movie and the overall writing (themes), directing & performances are what makes this film a MASTERPIECE.
OH! So just the way HUMOUR is supposed to work? ..Sry' Been onna' a few tours = NOT Google/TH-cam 2023-correct... HUMOUR 😲
@@dallesamllhals9161 did you just blew in from stupid town?
@@dallesamllhals9161How high were you when you wrote this?
what the fuck?@@dallesamllhals9161
Absolutely brilliant movie! I love how Taika dangled the obvious outcome right in our faces, but also kept leading our attention away from it with his bizarre brand of humour and great storytelling, making the inevitable gut-punch that much harder! Also, the acting from the entire cast is so damn good!
I loved this movie and its one of the movies that got me into watching reactions. His mum's death is such a gut punch and so well put together in the film. I love the LGBT story Captain K and Freddie which is more strongly hinted at with every interaction of theirs. And the climax of that with them in their flamboyant custom uniforms, coming out to the world and going out proud in their final moments together. Lots of laughing and crying with this one!
Unbelievably it was the first acting role for the boy playing Jojo
They teach them young.
this movie hits some super powerful themes in a way no other movie does.
the mother's shoes were done so incredibly well in particular.
Probably my 7th favorite movie of all-time.
I've watched this movie like 25 times now, and I cry EVERY time.
And normally it's basically impossible for a movie to make me cry even once, so that's a WILD accomplishment.
So what are the other 6?
@@dneill8493 Some combination of Roman Holiday, Jurassic Park, Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Fight Club, The Shape Of Water, The Prestige, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, and Hot Fuzz.
@@ieyke Haven't seen Roman Holiday or The Shape Of Water but love all the others.
I have about 30 movies that deserve to be in my top 5 but apart from JoJo Rabbit mine would probably be Aliens, Galaxy Quest, The Thing and The Abyss. I'm a sci-fi nut so for JoJo Rabbit to be in my top 5 shows how much it affected me. I mean, Schindler's List is an incredible film but not what I would call overly rewatchable. Whereas JoJo I can watch over and over again.
Fight Club, Jurassic Park and Ghostbusters(one of my earliest memories of going to the cinema was to see Ghostbusters) would all be apart of the 30 films that should be in my top 5.
@@dneill8493 You should definitely watch them both.
Thank you both, love all the movies you mentioned as far as I have seen them. Now I have 3 more I need to watch :D
Have to add a few of my own:
Good wil hunting, Shawshank redemption, La vita a Bella, Megamind, Inside out, District 9, the Green mile and my favorite childhood movie: Fifth element
(And Klaus and/or Gremlins for Christmas)
After seeing this in 2019 it was the best movie I saw that year. Told everybody to watch it, and gave a careful side eye to people who didn’t like it.
This has to be ScarJo's best role.
You are always so cheerful and… dare I say “bubbly”?… in all your reaction videos, that my heart sank when I saw you were reacting to this masterpiece. It was like the TH-cam algorithm was pushing a video called “Watch These Kittens Play Near A Vat Of Acid!”
"Kittens Playing Near a Vat of Acid" was actually the first working title of the script. Waititi quickly realized it wouldn't have mass appeal.
"Kittens Playing Near a Vat of Acid" was a metal band in the early 90s...
@@michaelrickert1284 Everything was a metal band in the early 90s.
The look on your face when you saw the shoes…priceless. Genuine responses like that are what reaction videos like yours are all about.
My fovarite movie of all times. That's the power of comedy, you don't have to be silly all the time. Comedy helps tell the most touching and intense and dramatic stories when used the right way.
As Alexandre Astier said "in our comedies nobody is a clown, it's serious business"
This is, quite simply, a brilliant film. It moves from Python-esque silliness to Anne Frank dread and back again effortlessly.
29:15 ... nobody saw this setup coming. A nice peaceful scene with a butterfly. We all thought that we had a moment to relax.
Then Jojo stands up.
There has been a huge range of reactions from immediate tears, cursing, disbelief, etc
Somehow, your reaction, slow and building, was one I don't think the directors and producers could have imagined.
We probably have to agree with Yorki... after this, we are in need of a cuddle.
Take care of yourself, Addie!! I'm sure Ollie can help you out with a cuddle.
I love this movie, it struck the perfect balance between comedy and drama which I think is almost imposible to do with WWII movie especially one set in nazi germany. And the reveal that his mom is dead, oh my god it's so devastating but so perfectly and beautifully done and is in my honest opinion one of the most impactful death reveal ever done. Makes me cry every time.
La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful) is another brilliant movie from the late 90's that balances comedy and drama during the Holocaust.. It's about a man in a concentration camp who makes his son believe it's all a fun game they are just playing along with. It's heartbreaking and silly and beautiful all at once.
This is what made me so disappointed in Thor Love and Thunder. It dealt with some serious issues within its own subject matter, but it was not balanced well compared to this. I guess Taika didn't feel that movie needed it.
This is easily one of if not my favorite movies all time. I think it does so many things so well, balancing drama with comedy and bringing light to a really dark topic. The symbolism of so many scenes, like the windows after he finds his mother looking like the eyes of his German neighbors watching without helping ending with the only person who consoles him ends up being the same person that was being made out to be a monster ( Jews). There is also the "heil hitler" joke when the gestapo shows up and after the third time they introduce them selves you are tired of the "joke" but then it happens again when Elsa introduces herself but this time you definitely aren't laughing its suddenly tense almost reminding you that while yes this is a comedy these events were real and terrifying and there is a point when jokes stop being jokes and become reality so be aware. I just love this movie so happy to see your reaction to it, it is an all time great in my opinion.
The mother is legit the best character in the film.
The thing Indidn’tvrealise the first time I watched it is that the Gestapo didn’t turn up because they suspected the mother. They’d already killed her and were looking for evidence for other members of the resistance. And the captain already knew, which is why he went there to protect Jojo.
It's an instant modern classic!
Find a friend as supportive as Yorki. Best boi of the whole movie
I'm one of those people who likes to know as little as possible about a movie before I see it, and when this came out I picked it for a first date - after all, it said comedy and rabbit what could go wrong? About halfway through I'm bawling my eyes out. No second date, like, obviously. 😂
Why obviously? If she didn't appreciate the experience of it, she wasn't a keeper anyway.
That wasn't the one anyway mate.
My personal Best Picture of 2019. Incredible movie.
Same I love this movie
Its nice to see that you took your time with the ending reaction and gushed so much over it. This film deserves it! The cool thing about it as well is that even though its so heavy, its actually easy to rewatch because of how well paced it is, and how much comedy and good music is in it.
"With every scene I love his mom more". Oh boy oh boy.
Wonderful heartfelt reaction Addie
This movie was so well done. It gets your attention immediately. The actors did a fantastic.job.
Somehow they handled very serious topics and found the right balance of humor.
This could have really back fired, but they did a fantastic job.
The moment we all realize Jojo's mom has been killed is devastated. That's of course the point.
War is horrifying. Especially when fueled by ignorance/hatred.
I love at the end when Elsa and Jojo dance. It's a needed uplifting moment.
One of my all time fav modern films. I was so surprisingly blown away by this film when I first saw it in theatres. An amazing dramedy with incredible heart and satire.
No matter how many times I see the scene when he finds his mother hanging it is a gut punch. Your reaction was spot on.
One of the best films of the last decade.
This film was so great. Not sure if your realise but Hitler was the Writer/Director Taika Waititi (who also produced Thor Ragnarok), and the girl is also a kiwi named Thomason McKenzie.
This was her big break out role which got her roles in Old and Last Night in Solo (with Anya Taylor Joy). Great young actress from New Zealand 👌
The girl also did an amazing job in last night in soho. You should definitely watch that movie too
One of my favorite movies of all time. Simply a masterpiece.
Captain K and Freddie Finkel were gay, he helped Jojo and Elsa because he knew him and Freddie like the Jews would also be killed because of their sexuality. The uniform he designed at the end had a pink triangle, the same patch the Germans would make homosexuals wear to identify them.
Such a great movie, a true emotional rollercoaster and a delicate balancing act to convey the humour and the seriousness and the ridiculousness and the true human horror and emotion in a cohesive package, and with some amazing performances. Taika's take on a 10-year old's imaginary Hitler friend will always crack me up.
This is so much better than Taika's THOR movies
I had no idea what to expect with this movie. It’s so intelligent and witty. And that emotional rolller-coaster…
One of my all time faves. Costuming, acting, cinematography , all A+. And I do love a comedy that rips my heart out and stomps on it.
An amazing movie. It presents the dangers that we are facing every day in our world today in a humorous and terrifying way.
I suggest the movie DOWNFALL from 2004.
Addie, I thought this has been your best, most poignant reaction thus far. Showing your authentic self is the best part of your reactions. Thank you for watching a great film- "Jo Jo Rabbit"
🎞📽💚
Captain K also tried to protect Jojo from seeing his mother. When he turned up at the house while they were searching it he had Rosie's bicycle and before he left he told Jojo to stay home today.
Something I didn’t notice until watching a lot of reaction videos: in addition to the familiarity between Capt Klenzendorf and Finkel, and the Captain’s lack of enthusiasm in the camp scenes, they also put pink triangles on the uniforms they make for themselves. So they come out when they’re expecting to be killed.
Great reaction Addie, I've watched it a hundred times and it still brings tears to my eyes every time, wow.
My grandfather was a first-gen American from Austria. He moved here as a toddler and eventually married another German immigrant. He served in the Army during WWII while his cousins, and my grandmother's oldest brother, served for Germany. Now that I'm older I can't imagine what that must have been like. All the horror of war with the added complexity of knowing members of your own family were on the other side. This film beautifully walks that line between comedy and tragedy.
.I had to pause the video when he started following the butterfly, I always dread that next part. And then my eyes welled up for pretty much the remainder of the video.
Also, Yorki is the realest of real ones.
This movie is so brilliant! Funny, and heartbreaking.
I LOVE JOHANSEN in this film. This is a real character one can fall in love with. What a cool mom! A shame she wasn't recognized for this work. Really makes one smile.
So glad to see you react to this movie. Your reactions and commentary bring compassion and empathy to an already wonderful movie.
This movie was a pleasant surprise for me. Seemed too fun and silly to be taking place during Nasi Germany. The shoe scene get's me every time. 😭🙃
This is one of the most poignant movies of the decade. The subtle motifs set up in the movie were beautifully executed. I mean learning to tie your shoes is a quintessential part of growing up and Jojo’s struggle with that makes Rosie’s end that much more of a punch in the gut.
I love the weird little windows in the roofs... they look eye like. I need to look into if this was a historical architecture style, or maybe its artistic license for Jojo and Elsa to look out of from within.
some brilliant comedy, but also incredibly touching. Enjoyed your reaction Addie
I hadnt watched this whole movie before, but watching with you was fun, Addie
Oh Jeez, Addie you're not ready for this.
This is my favorite Scarlett performance.
Great film, one of the best in my opinion.
Great reaction! I'm subscribing!
Addie is completely right to praise the child actors in this film. And I'm glad she did. I remember when I saw this film years ago. And that's one point I never articulated. So often in movies where there are kids it can be a big slog. But in this movie particularly there wasn't a single moment where I thought, oh that kid shouldn't have been cast, or he doesn't have the chops yet. I was so engrossed with the story and the characters that even the kids felt like they were killing it. Apparently so much so that fact that they were kids acting was so far away from my mind that I never considered it until the moment I watched this video today.
Hi Addie, you turned on comments!🙂The part with the butterfly and Jojo's mother's feet is just devastating. 😭 It comes out of nowhere. Great reactions to a great film, Addie!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I own this one!🙂
I'm so glad that you liked this film! Some people just didn't understand it. It's a coming-of-age tale of a kid who had been indoctrinated throughout his ENTIRE life by the German National Socialists to the point that he idolized Hitler. Over a short period of time, he begins to understand after meeting a Jewish girl who effectively reinforced the things that his mom had taught him. It really is a beautiful story. I also believe that it is one of the most tightly-written scripts that we've seen in years. As a screenplay, I place it right up there with films like Hot Fuzz, 12 Angry Men, The Shawshank Redemption, Back to the Future, Fargo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Galaxy Quest.
great reaction Addie. And nice editing of the video of this excellent Movie. Well done. Keep it up
Great movie, Taika found the perfect balance between comedy n such a heavy topic n pulled it off magnificently. Great reaction
Thanks Addie. Great movie, great react!
"What do we do now.......?" We dance!!!
Being a lover of WWII history, seeing Hitler offer Jojo a cigarette. I thought, wait, Hitler hated smoking. But it jus showed how little Jojo actually knew of Hitler.
The writers are strategists, perfect war strategists. They worked an opening in a laughter and slain the audience with one swift blow.
If this movie doesn't make you at least feel like crying, you're not a proper human.
For a little bit, i was afraid you weren't going to love this movie. It treads a thin line - by making light of dark subjects. But what we can see in that light it's so marvelous. ScarJoJo was a masterpiece, even better than her usual. Taika was exactly as hilarious as he needed to be. And as chillingly unfunny when he needed to be. I'm so glad your initial hesitance didn't prevent you from loving this movie.
One of m favorite movies ever and your reaction was priceless. When he finds his mother it nearly killed me.
One of the best films ive ever seen.
One of the best redemption stories ever told
Jojo's mom said she never looked a tiger in the eye? That's not true, she looked the Nazi regime (tiger) in the eye trying to help people. The guy that covered for Jojo and Elsa knew something happened to the mother, so he rushed over there after he found her bike without her in town. When he comes in the door, you can see it with him. He came to cover for Jojo and to protect her kid not knowing about the Jewish girl. You could see the surprise on his face seeing her for the first time. First time I saw the movie, I was just like you. I was shocked at the subject matter, but it was beautifully balanced. The fact that the guy that played H (Taika Waititi) wrote and directed this film. It was based on a book from 2008
First time watching this for me was on an AIRPLANE. I didn't know what I was expecting and um, wow it was tough. I love it.
DEFINITELY deserved the screenplay Oscar it won!
the end song also factors in a lot in the great film- 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'
The scene where she willing gets stabbed gets me everytime... it wasn't her fault but she knew, this was the cost...
I really fell in love with this movie. And it was completely by accident. Definitely not the type of movie I'd purposely watch. But it really landed home. Everyone did beautifully. Merchant, Rockwell, Wilson, Johanson. Even little Yorki.
Admittedly somethings did go over my head or missed. The movie was so darling that at first I flat out refused to believe they killed his mother. I assumed it was some other woman with the same shoes. So it didnt have the emotional impact on me as it should have. Also Captain K's showing up wasn't coincidental. The one time I appreciate a comments section.
Overall, this was a beautiful movie that I loved more than I think I did. It doesn't get talked about enough as if not one of the best in the decade, perhaps of all time.
I love this movie so much and loved your reaction a great deal.
I really want to see a movie where the two boys in this movie play younger versions of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Directed by either Edgar Wright or Taika Waititi of course
Oh that's a brilliant idea. Yeah, these two youngsters probably grew up to write comic books or movies or black humor sitcoms.
A masterpiece ❤
I'm reminded of Hogan's Heroes, which was an old sitcom about the war. It was really funny.
The shoes make me cry every time! 😭
JoJo Rabbit is a GREAT movie...
Captain K is by far one of the best characters. If you watch a second time you’ll notice …
- that captain k was obviously gay.
- he has a look of disgust on his face when the kids were burning the books
- when JoJo asks about what he should do if he finds a Jew and asks about mind control which is what was in the propaganda, Captain K quickly brushes past it telling him that he doubts it’s true and tries to change the subject.
- when showing up to Jo Jo’s house when the gustapo? Spelling?
was there he was carrying Jojo‘s mom‘s bike, he knew she was already dead and rushed to make sure they didn’t find the girl and take JoJo in as a traitor.
- when they were looking at the YooHoo Jew book and Elsa said it was hers Captain K shoots a knowing look at Jojo because ge knows it’s his.
- His extravagant outfit in the end battle is decorated with pink triangles which was the sign the nazi made gay people wear. He was out and proud I’m his last moments ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
The thought and care that was put into writing and making this movie was I incredible.
As tragic as Rosie's death is, Captain K's might hit me even harder. He's a surprisingly complex character. A career soldier (who genuinely loves and excels at soldiering), but who obviously has no allegiance to Hitler's ideology, who has been relegated to jobs pushing propaganda he doesn't believe in. It's no wonder he seems to half-ass these assignments, and that his role in the book burning scene is to stand sullenly in the background drinking. It's left ambiguous how involved he may be in the resistance, but it's implied he knows of Rosie's involvement.
And in the final "defense" of the city, it's apparent that his intention is nothing other than to go out in a blaze of glory, but his own definition of glory: A flamboyant uniform of his own design, fabulous makeup, guns fired harmlessly skyward, alongside his barely-kept-secret lover (I'm ashamed that I somehow didn't catch the obvious indications that he and Finkel are lovers on my first viewing).
In his final scene, Finkel is conspicuously missing, and Captain K is holding his cape, which is absolutely heartbreaking. And in what he knows are his last few moments, he keeps it together for JoJo, and instead of letting JoJo try to get him off the hook, he sacrifices himself to make sure he's safe, and goes to join Finkel with a smile on his face. He perfectly exemplifies the running theme of "doing what you can".
Scarlett johansson deserve the oscar for best supporting actress 😭 I'm sorry but Laura dern performance was not that memorable..
Really glad you reacted to this movie a lot of critics didn’t like it but I think it’s a minor masterpiece. The really Tall guy from the Gestapo is Stephen Merchant who co-created the Comedy “The Office”
As you point out, Sam Rockwell's character does a few things in the movie that demonstrate true heroism. (No, not the same brand of heroic resistance we learn about Scarlett Johansson, to be sure.) These are just tiny moments in the film, passing by as incidental plot points. Not much is made of it, but his actions manage to save the lives of two children. I like to hope in true Nazi Germany, similar acts of anonymous heroism were performed dozens of times a day across the country, by nameless, forgotten people. Some were caught, punished, executed, while others were fortunate to escape undetected, never to be known. While this film has a few different themes, what hits hardest for me is how this film is a tribute to all of those unknowns - names and faces forgotten but defiant in the face of true evil. The people we all hope we ourselves would be. David Bowie's "Heroes" is the perfect song to sum up the film; dancing, in the end, upon the fraudulent front of fascism.
Indeed! Captain K actually saves JoJo twice. First, when he helps Elsa avoid being captured by the Gestapo (hiding a Jew in your house was a serious offence) and then at the end.
He did what he could.
The scenes of imaginary Hitler eating a Unicorn head and also constantly trying to make Jojo smoke cigarettes' are to show the figure of imagination of a 10-yo boy like Jojo and how little most kids at the time actually knew about Hitler and the war. If Jojo had actually been educated with facts rather than propaganda he would've known that Hitler was an anti-smoking vegetarian.
Taika Waititi is part Jewish himself and it was his mother, Robin Cohen who first told him that he should think about adapting Christine Leunens’ novel “Caging Skies” for the big screen, which then eventually turned out to be “Jojo Rabbit.” Adapted from “Caging Skies".
Scarlett Johansson has a Danish father and an American mother of Polish-Jewish ancestry, so she has dual Danish-American citizenship. The Polish-Jewish side of her family really suffered horribly during the war, while the Danish Jews never even wore an identification mark (like the yellow star), unlike in the rest of occupied Europe, and eventually the Danes also saved all their Jews from the extermination camps, though at the end 464 Jews, who did not manage to escape in time to Sweden, were captured by the Germans and sent to the Theresienstadt Ghetto and concentration camp, but even then, representatives from the Danish government managed to persuade the Germans to accept packages of food and medicine to be sent to all the Danish prisoners, also persuading the Germans not to deport any Danish Jews to extermination camps.
In February 1944, now knowing that the war was practically lost, the German SS embarked on a propaganda "beautification" campaign to prepare the Theresienstadt ghetto for the visit from the Danish Red Cross and a delegation from the Danish government. Many "prominent" prisoners and all the Danish Jews were re-housed in private, superior quarters. The streets were renamed and cleaned; sham shops and a school were set up and the SS also encouraged the prisoners to perform an increasing number of cultural activities. Still, a total of 51 mainly elderly Danish Jews got sick and died of disease or old age at Theresienstadt, but non of them went to the extermination camps and so thankfully almost all of Denmark's Jewish population survived. So Scarlett Johansson have both a Danish and Polish-Jewish understanding of this part of history, that made this kind of role a perfect fit for her.
2019 - A great year for movies.
Not ashamed to say I gave my mother a huge hug after I saw this…crying like a dummy….im 26 lol
2019 was not a great year to be a character played by ScarJo. Not only did she go through a rough divorce (Marriage Story) but she died, twice (this and Endgame).
I love this movie though. It's such a gem, just a full on roller coaster of emotions in the best ways.