german film

last weekend (18/1/09) i watched a german thriller about a group of nazis that try to collapse other economies though the use of counterfeit money and experience the problems of looking german and being germans during this time while watching this it made me think more about the mise en scene elements of the film and less about the story line(as i much to your surprise i know hardly any  german) and therefore can only keep a basic following of the film

3 certain elements still made themselves very prominent while the film was being watched

these were suspense this was clear as there were sudden changes of scenario for example it went from a very irate hotel scene to a very tense suspicious room scene where there was no shouting at the topic was obviously meant to be kept a secret at the end of the film as well there it was left with a series of story's coming together to link there separate stories together and to show how as a unit they had been working ageist each other

the next element is a strong sense of fear among the characters this is as they know they are all breaking the law and at multiple times are risking there lives to something they know has a very small Chance of seceding

finally they all have a strong sense of right and wrong as they all at each point show there doing something wrong by either speaking with the police and being harassed or by standing next to machines that are printing the foreign currency's

the lighting thought the film is never very bright to show and enphesise the time this film is set in which is a time of depression and pain so using bright colors would spoil the mise en scene elements of the film