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re: SOM's Rolf: His Behavior at the End

Posted by:	Michael_Portantiere 11:00 am EST 12/06/13
In reply to:	re: SOM's Rolf: His Behavior at the End - Michael_212 01:36 am EST 12/06/13

To be 100 percent accurate, Rolf also displays compassion in the scene in question in the film, at least initially. He confronts the family and threatens to shoot Captain Von Trapp, but then is unable to do so. I'm sure the meaning is supposed to be that he still hasn't lost his humanity. But then, after taking Rolf's gun, the Captain says to him, "You'll never be one of them" -- meaning the Nazis. The Captain means this as praise, but it's like a slap in the face to Rolf, who desperately wants to be "one of them." So he snaps, starts blowing his whistle, and calling for the other Nazis. Fortunately, the Captain and the family escape with the aid of those thieving nuns ;-)

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