Smear spread out in the film everywhere, not only from soldiers, but also a kid. Somewhat feels like the director was indicating that Germans were monsters, but you Ruskis were no better than them. Apart from ideological conflict, the story is quite dull and cliche except sex scenes…
Tastefulness on top of clarity, with the exception of Hamlet being idolized at the end, which doesn’t seem justified (but I’ll blame Shakespeare). The text is written for actors and playgoers, and for the emotional agreement and dependency bt the two. Soliloquies and Hamlet’s pre-play commentaries lose their sense w/o breaking the fourth wall.