I accept that he probably was bad, but how come they never showed any evil acts from him? He never has anyone rubbed out or threatened or even shaken down. He didn't even show him constructing buildings with substandard materials. What is the filmmaker trying to tell us with this?
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The IMDB site says, "Create a new list", but how could I create an old one?
Imho he isn't portrayed as a bad guy. [personal remark: running a brothel or a 'saloon' doesn't equate such a characteristic anyway] In fact, he seems to be a lot more honest than most of the people which are corrupted by him. He neither hides what he is nor lives a double life (in contrary to many others from that council f.e.). Maybe that's why he sympathizes with von Bohm, who is also honest - but mistaken due to his idealism (like Esslin). They simply needed a longer time to adapt to reality. Br,
A man builds. A parasite asks "Where is my share?" - Andrew Ryan
Among his other vices Schukert was a thief; which, in my opinion, makes him a bad guy. By his own admission he had been padding his building plans for years - all in an effort to raise costs, cheat the townspeople, and line his own pockets.
Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]
The people here have a private life and a public life. And the two have
nothing to do with each other.
Lola: I am corrupt.
Schukert's view of society, business and humanity was corrupted and so evil. He thinks in terms of profit and will try and buy what's needed to secure the profit. He cheats when he can't. He's a vulture because he feeds from Germany's war loss and the bodies of dead men. Because he is sold to the free market everything he does is at the expense of someone lower down than line; the poor and the vulnerable. Schukert represents the devil. At the end of the film he's bought off von Bohm and takes the latter's new wife to bed on her 'wedding night' and above the bed is a print of Gustav Klimt's The Kiss.
I give my respect to those who have earned it; to everyone else, I'm civil.share