日本东京大学

一座被外国军队占领的城市，由于粮食短缺，人民生活艰难困苦，一位年轻妇女只好带着双胞胎儿子们投靠住在乡间的母亲。这位“外婆”不仅不识字、骯脏、吝啬、凶恶，甚至是一名凶手。两兄弟在艰困的环境中成长，为了让自己变得坚强，两人每日以互相打骂对方、绝食等各种方式锻炼生存本领。他们将每天发生的事情仔细记载在一本大笔记本中。随着日记一页页被翻开，一场冷酷的梦魇式寓言也逐步呈现。。To Max Ophüls this was an assignment (from the UFA), a pure routine job. One hardly recognizes the later Ophüls in this film (shortly made before his masterpiece "Liebelei"), but still Ophüls made this routine job into a well-paced, stylish and sometimes extremely funny romantic comedy| he probably could not do it any other way. The script is fine with some hilarious dialogue. ...。