"Seventh Cross"

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The paper analyzes the movie "Seventh Cross". The paper discusses the characters of Zillich and Wallau. The paper discusses their differing attitudes: Wallau was certain that the structure of the world held firm and would continue to hold firm regardless of what struggles might come; Zillich lived a self-fulfilling prophecy that the global structure was unreliable. The paper further discusses how the entire Nazi movement was, unlike communism, a revolt against Western civilization, reasoned discourse, and human rights.

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"Serve their Paradigmatic Function Zillich and Wallau are similar only in that both are doomed; they differ radically in attitude. In the last moments of his life, Wallau was certain "that the structure of the world held firm and would continue to hold firm regardless of what struggles might come" (Seghers 294). Zillich lived a self-fulfilling prophecy that the global structure was unreliable. At the same time, Zillich exemplifies the bureaucratic efficiency and brutality of the Third Reich. He represented the entire Nazi movement which, "unlike communism, was a revolt against Western civilization, reasoned discourse, and human rights"."

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