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thenewgreen  ·  3771 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Grand Budapest Hotel - Discussion Thread

I don't know if I'm correct in assuming this, but my guess is that the reason that the "Nazis" are so Keystone cop-ish is that we are seeing the story through the eyes of a teenage girl. Perhaps if we are seeing it through the lens of an older man or woman it would be a very different perception and telling (with actual brutish nazis). -This likely doesn't change your enjoyment but it's good to realize that the writer/director had reasons beyond simple ornamentation for portraying certain things the way he did.