Victims

While I think there are a variety of victims in the movie, they also work to better their situation, therefore displacing their victim complex. The Czech people, especially the ones held hostage, are victims of Nazi control, but together the barracks we become close with work to band together and fight Nazi power. So in this case, while victims in the beginning, they gain power as the movie progresses. The Novotny family are also victims, not only to the Nazis, but also to the secret they hold. They end up in a sticky situation when Professor Novotny is taken hostage, but again, in the end they work together along with the assassin to trick the Nazi's. Even though they Nazi's know the man the capture is not the true assassin the Nazi's choose to just accept what has happened rather then cause more issues. In some way you could say the Nazi's were victims the movie in the sense that their power was weakened and they were out-smarted by those who they believed to be inferior. If anything, I think I would look at it from this perspective because the other victims find ways to get out of a victimized state.