during the making of this movie i once catch a statement on television about it . something like represent be killinggänget now take off nazism . so and my comprehension of this movie and be from the beginning to get a notion of nazism . when recently see this movie in the tv version i have this filter before me and it wasn not difficult to see this . strangely enough i haven not meet this way of interpret the film ever since i first hear it . these be the thing i find in four shade of brown . in all four of the story the lack of empathy lead to disaster represent1 . the crematory worker show no realistic empathy to the dead animal or to those who have to say goodbye to them . in the crematory room in deal with death and fire it almost like a cheerful game to him . the seriousness of death and fire be not emphasize by the father and his boy accordingly and in ignorance push a button that lead to the disaster that injure his father severely . possible lesson represent the importance of show the young adequate emotion . when they grow up they need to know what behavior lead to disaster and what emotion lead to good . 2. the magician maneuver his wife like an invisible puppeteer . just when she think she have begin to cut off the string to the master hand and reaching for personality and integrity and joy and he pull hard and she be back in desolation and despair . their son have try to revolt in create his own life with perfection and good taste in opposite to his parent bad taste . the real problem he be carry within be far from comprehensible to him represent his father behavior pass on when suffocate his own wife in his spotless environment . possible lesson represent oppression breed bondage . 3. the father who be abuse a a child pass on sadism to his child when he cheat them on their inheritance . he rob them of their childhood and in the end even of their inheritance . possible lesson represent when no love give you can not give any . 4. the father abuse of his daughter create in her a ruthless revenger with sadistic aggression . here the ice cold nazi sadism become very obvious in physical violence . it give a possible background and a somewhat plausible explanation to the action of young scin head nazists behavior when oppress others . possible lesson . represent can nazism take birth in a pervert home . can the hideous consequence of ignore empathy in family life and in the long run and be that room be give to sadistic nazism . very seldom do a movie contain so much . it reveal little by little a i meditate on it . i consider it brilliantly paint and the actor be superb . especially the nice seem bloke play by ulf brunnberg that turn out to be the bad of all .