影片采用冷静的艺术态度。影像修复技术让历史再现更完整，全彩处理丰富画面信息，画面技术增强空间感。技术运用保持适度，整体色彩追求真实。整体场面注重意义传达。色彩运用体现严谨精神，声音创作追求内敛效果。ynopsisfromTimeOutFilmGuideBetweentheseeminglyidyllicopeningandclosingscenesdepictingaruralcommunity,firstatchurch,thenatthevillagefestival,Fleischmannattacksthatcommunity'sprejudicesandignorancewithoutremorse.HisverypreciselyobservedportraitofBavarianlifebeginswithlittlemorethanadisplayofthevillagers'constantribbing,bawdyhumour,continuousgossip,andmorethanahintoftheirslow-wittedness.Withthereturnofayoungman,theiridlemaliceandchildishclowning,alwaysontheedgeofunpleasantness,receivesomefocusquitewithoutfoundation,theladisvictimisedasahomosexual.Thecripplingconformityoftheiringrainedconservatismleadsthevillagerstorejectanything'different'ayoungwidowisostracised,moreforhercrippledloverandidiotsonthanhermorals;ateacherisfrozenoutbecauseshe'seducated;thecasualdestructionoftheyoung'homosexual'isgivennomorethoughtthanthecuttingupofapig.NotGermanyinthe'30sbutthe'70s;neverthelessthepoliticalparallelsareclear.Animpressivefilm.