'Taxi Driver' Even a German guest carrying Song Kang-ho criticized 尹's emergency martial law "I thought it was a history of Korea."

Dec 08, 2024

Thomas Kretschmann, a famous German actor, expressed his sorrow toward the Korean people, along with criticism of the president of Yoon Suk Yeol, who caused confusion among the people by declaring emergency martial law.

On the 8th, Thomas Kretschmann wrote on his personal account, "These are set photos from 'Taeksi woonjunsa' (A Taxi Driver) 2017," a film about South Korea's past, …At least, that's what I thought is a set photo of the 2017 film 'Taxi Driver'. A film about Korea's past, at least that's what I thought)' and a still from the time of filming 'Taxi Driver' were released.

Photo =Thomas Kreuchman Personal Account

Thomas Kretschmann is from East Germany, and at the age of 20 he gained fame as an actor after a dangerous journey across four borders. In particular, he showed a bold performance through director Roman Polanski's 'Pianist'(03) and made his face known not only in Germany but also around the world, and he was well-liked by appearing in 'Taxi Driver' in Korea.

Above all, Jürgen Hintzpeter, played by Thomas Kretschmann in 'Taxi Driver', is an Asian correspondent for German public broadcaster and was well received at the time of its release as a motif of Jürgen Hintzpeter, a real person who covered Gwangju and announced the reality of 5.18 to the world. At the time of May 18, he entered Korea hiding his status as a reporter in a tight media control atmosphere that even monitored the entry of foreign reporters, accidentally got into a taxi of Seoul taxi driver Kim Man-seop (Song Kang-ho) to go to Gwangju, and then passed the inspection to enter Gwangju, impressing 12.18 million audiences as foreign reporters delivering the tragedy of Gwangju at the time.

Thomas Kretschmann, who played Jurgen Hintzpeter, also seems to have been quite shocked by President Yoon's declaration of emergency martial law. Thomas Kretschmann, who did not seem to be the only one in Korea in crisis, continued his sincere concern by releasing a photo of soldiers controlling the road during the shooting of 'Taxi Driver'. He deplored the martial law, which has been a history of the past and has now re-emerged.

Meanwhile, President Yoon shocked the public by declaring an emergency martial law through an emergency statement at the presidential office in Yongsan at around 10:25 p.m. on the 3rd. President Yoon said in a statement, `The state administration is paralyzed and the people's sighs are increasing. This is a clear anti-state act that tramples on the constitutional order of the Free Republic of Korea and disturbs the legitimate state institutions established by the Constitution and laws, and plots civil war. People's lives are not considered, and the state administration is paralyzed only by the impeachment and the profligacy of the opposition leader of the independent counsel,' he said. However, in the early morning of the 4th, about 2 hours and 30 minutes after the declaration of the emergency martial law, the National Assembly passed an emergency resolution calling for the lifting of the emergency martial law, and President Yoon lifted it six hours after declaring it and withdrew the martial law history.

Since then, President Yoon's impeachment bill, which declared an arbitrary emergency martial law at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 7th, has been proposed. However, only 195 out of 300 lawmakers participated in the vote, and the impeachment bill was automatically discarded as the vote was canceled due to a lack of quorum. On this day, the power of the people created an unprecedented situation in which all lawmakers except Ahn Cheol Soo, Kim Sang-wook and Kim Ye-ji left the group before voting on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

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'Taxi Driver' Even a German guest carrying Song Kang-ho criticized 尹's emergency martial law "I thought it was a history of Korea."

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