This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing.
Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity.
One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.
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Das Wissen, dass alles seine Ordnung hat.
难道凶手只是德国吗，不，欧洲各国都是帮凶！对德国面孔竟然有了阴影…
一个小细节，唯一差点冒头的良心来自一个年纪比较大的官员，充满干劲的年轻人总是冲在残忍第一线，就挺真实的。
本片的可怕之处在于将讨论如何杀人这件事搞得如此有仪式感。各方不断地为自身利益博弈，那些我们听起来如此反人道的话在他们口中好像日常聊天那般轻松，几千万人的生命就这样被他们在话里行间给决定了。
以一种系统性的体制机制管理运作的官僚行政系统的例行会议，来讨论种族灭绝和大屠杀，这才是不寒而栗的地方，即系统合法且合乎程序的推行反人类的灭绝政策。为了大局（the greater good）长远规划，高效、科学、精确的程序，加上宏大叙事的煽情、口号式的意识形态宣讲和复述宣传以重申思想身份的认同，一整套下来会议逻辑得到普遍认可，恶的界限更加模糊，被逻辑支配说服，而不去选择思考和质疑这一“逻辑”的荒诞和不妥，也就只有尚存一点人道主义的会潜台词发出无论何种形式都是在屠杀的疑问，但他的声音很快就被自己和大环境所沉默。单纯就会议与会者来看，权责不清、媚上贪权、派系斗争、官僚主义、利益媾和、贪腐、推诿、一些权力移交后的历史遗留问题，魏玛掌权的没落遗老和三德子当权新贵间的唇枪舌剑的话术博弈还是很精彩的。
一不小心可能会被犹太人，又或者，一不小心就是坐在桌上讨论如何处置犹太人的人
干的全都兽事
ok的一部电影，剧情还算紧凑，就整体结构黑星，但是连贯性可以再强一点，演员演技在线，挺好的。
人模人样的开会讨论犹太人全欧洲的清零，当官那个：你们随便咬，别咬到我，咬我就喊口号：“元首说了…” 底下当兵的人渣说自己成天杀犹太妇女小孩，手下还有特别喜欢杀小孩的变态，“我们多有能力”。制定过犹太人法的黑衣服男人表示自己依法办事，提出精细化犹太人分类和强制阉割的损招，被叫到办公室要和笑面虎高管当邻居，得逞后立马不吱声了。最后一群人站在休息室饭堂又热聊一组，黑眼圈胖子出幺蛾子，引大家到毒气消灭一劳永逸的阴招上，自己好说一说当兵时候的经历露露脸。恶魔体制下群魔乱舞，说起杀人的事儿还自称搞卫生是正义，而且这种鬼才逻辑还一直流行。
没有一声惨呼
100分钟室内纯对白戏，开倍速播放脑子容易跟不上。
像处理动物或者物件一样，六百万人的命运就被决定了。
冠冕堂皇地讨论
全程都封闭在房间里的拍摄，一桌人谈话间决定另一个种族的生死，而每个人都冷漠得令人窒息，所有生命的价值在对话间甚至不如“一节车厢运力带来的成本”高，他们却觉得只是一个简单的“在别墅里的会议”。
枯燥的内容却如此吸引人
万湖会议的会议纪要只有15页，但却决定了600万犹太人的命运。会议记录人阿道夫·艾希曼在二战后，逃到了阿根廷。当时的以色列总理本·古里安指示，必须把艾希曼带回以色列公开审判，“活的最好，死的也行”。摩萨德局长带着11个人亲赴阿根廷，有惊无险地将艾希曼“绑架”回了以色列。在3000多页的案情记录面前，艾希曼被判处有罪并被处以绞刑，算是给“万湖会议”划上了一个句号。
那些犯下人间最残暴罪行的人都以为自己发现了天国之路，历史的责任感有时候只是一种自欺欺人的错觉
四分之一的战士回家后看到二分之一的小舅子被杀，如何解释？Witzig!
看这部电影的同时也想到了《波斯语课》，电影中的德国男人，绅士、挺拔，是好丈夫、好爸爸，是爱护德意志民族的好军官，在一场平静而短暂的会议中敲定着一千来万犹太人的命运。他们对于处理犹太人的方式存在争议，也只是关乎成本、结构、流程、时间、以及给德国士兵造成的心理阴影......
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