A short film about the exploitation of men but also hope and revolt.
Understand the story and themes, express your feelings and develop critical thinking.
1What is the first scene in the film?
It's a battlefield, trenches and barbed wire. A lone soldier, a bomb is about to explode, the film begins.
2What is Mr. Cok's job?
He's a bomb maker, he's the director of the factory.
3What does Mr. Cok propose during his conference?
He proposes replacing men with robots because his factory is not making enough profits.
4What consequences does this have for the factory workers?
The workers lose their jobs: they are unemployed.
5In the film, the workers all look the same. Only one of them looks different, why?
He is the only one to express his dissatisfaction with the situation. This man is the soldier from the film's introductory scene.
6What is Mr. Cok's dream?
His dream is to become the most powerful in the world. He flies in the sky as if above everyone. We can make a connection with the famous scene where Hynkel plays with the terrestrial globe in the feature film The Dictator by Charlie Chaplin (1940).
7What is Mr. Cok doing to make his dream come true?
He sends the workers to war.
8Describe the scene at 5:25.
The soldier in the film's opening scene arrives in front of the factory with a bomb; he no longer has legs. We hear the same timer as in the film's introductory scene. The film's introductory scene (just before the bomb explodes) takes place between when the workers are sent off to war and when the soldier who has lost his legs arrives in front of the factory. We can imagine that he is the only survivor.
9What does the soldier decide to do?
He decided to take revenge. Mr. Cok falls during a chase and we discover that he is also a robot: he breaks; it has gears instead of brains. He is then immediately replaced by another robot Mr. Cok. The film ends with the explosion of the bomb, the soldier's revenge.
