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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: InUniverse, this appears to be the attitude of the Düsseldorf art academy. Among the bizarre art Kurt sees there is a woman firing arrows into a wall, and two nude men, one painting himself all white and another painting himself all black.

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: InUniverse, this This appears to be the attitude of the Düsseldorf art academy. Among the bizarre art Kurt sees there is a woman firing arrows into a wall, and two nude men, one painting himself all white and another painting himself all black.

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* DefectorFromCommieLand: Kurt and Ellie after they cross into West Germany. Later followed by Ellie's parents after General Murayov is transferred back to Moscow and can no longer cover up Professor's Seeband's crimes.



* DrJerk: Professor Seeband is a gynecologist and secretly a Nazi eugenicist.

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* DrJerk: Professor Seeband is a gynecologist and secretly a Nazi eugenicist.eugenicist, of which he has never given up his old beliefs even in the post-war Germany.



* LoveObstructingParents: Professor Seeband (secretly a Nazi eugenicist) doesn't approve of Kurt muddying up his bloodline.

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* LoveObstructingParents: Professor Seeband (secretly a Nazi eugenicist) doesn't approve of Kurt muddying up his bloodline.bloodline due to his aunt having had a history of schizophrenia.
* LoversLedge: The first time Kurt and Ellie make love at her house, her parents come home unexpectedly early and he has to jump out the second story window into a tree completely naked.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Seen at the Düsseldorf art academy during Kurt's first visit there when two men are creating an art exhibit painting every centimeter of themselves while naked from head to toe, one with completely black paint and the other completely white. It's a lot easier to see on the guy painted white.



* WallBangHer: An artistic breakthrough is followed by Kurt coming home, taking Ellie's clothes off, and banging her up against the wall. This is how she gets pregnant again, with the baby she carries to term.

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* WallBangHer: An After a long period of being stuck and unable to paint, Kurt makes an artistic breakthrough when he starts using amateur photos as a reference to paint from, getting over his mental block. This is followed by Kurt coming home, taking Ellie's clothes off, and banging her up against the wall. This reignites their sex life as this is also the first time they've been able to make love after [[spoiler: the forced abortion of their child]] and they start having sex every night afterward, which is how she gets pregnant again, again with the a baby she carries manages to carry to term.

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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Professor Seeband, who doesn't like his daughter being with Kurt. He mixes "overprotective dad" with "evil Nazi eugenecist" when he tricks her into getting an abortion.



* OverprotectiveDad: Professor Seeband, who doesn't like his daughter being with Kurt. He mixes "overprotective dad" with "evil Nazi eugenecist" when he tricks her into getting an abortion.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Kurt's father is unable to find work after the war as a teacher because of his unfortunate decision to join the Nazi Party. He hags himself.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Kurt's father is unable to find work after the war as a teacher because of his unfortunate decision to join the Nazi Party. He hags hangs himself.
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* ShoutOut: Kurt and Ellie watch ''Film/{{Psycho|1960}}'', the kind of movie they couldn't watch in East Germany, after they defect to the West.

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* ShoutOut: Kurt and Ellie watch ''Film/{{Psycho|1960}}'', ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', the kind of movie they couldn't watch in East Germany, after they defect to the West.
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* BondOneLiner: When Seeband is interrogated by the Russians, he defends his work in the euthanasia program by saying that he's making more space in the world for the strong. The Russian interrogator tells him that soon there will be one space in the world with a meaningful look. Ultimately, however, he spares Seband's life after the prisoner saves his son's life during childbirth.

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* BondOneLiner: When Seeband is interrogated by the Russians, he defends his work in the euthanasia program by saying that he's making more space in the world for the strong. The Russian interrogator tells him him, with a meaningful look, that soon there will be one space in the world with a meaningful look. world. Ultimately, however, he spares Seband's Seeband's life after the prisoner saves his newborn son's life during childbirth.



* DrivenToSuicide: Kurt's father is unable to find work after the war as a teacher because of his (admittedly weak) Nazi affiliation and hangs himself.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Kurt's father is unable to find work after the war as a teacher because of his (admittedly weak) unfortunate decision to join the Nazi affiliation and hangs Party. He hags himself.



* OverprotectiveDad: Professor Seeband, who doesn't like his daughter to be with Kurt.

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* OverprotectiveDad: Professor Seeband, who doesn't like his daughter to be being with Kurt.Kurt. He mixes "overprotective dad" with "evil Nazi eugenecist" when he tricks her into getting an abortion.
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Affable? Cheats on his wife, generally arrogant and condescending, tricks his daughter into an abortion, never misses a chance to belittle Kurt


* AffablyEvil: He may be an ex-Nazi and a DirtyCoward fugitive from justice, but Professor Seeband seemingly genuinely cares for his family (despite cheating on his wife), really passionate over his job as a doctor to help patients despite hypocritically partaking in genocide, worried about his bloodline being tarnished by Kurt and despite his dislike of his son-in-law, he appears to interact with him mostly in a polite fashion, while still act condescending towards him at the same time.

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