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Julia Jentsch, Gerald Alexander Held, Fabian Hinrichs, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke ... see more see more... , Florian Stetter , Johannes Suhm , Maximilian Brückner , Lilli Jung , Jörg Hube , Petra Kelling , Franz Staber

Filmmaker Marc Rothemund utilizes long-buried historical records to reconstruct the last six days in the life of renowned German anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl (Julia Jentsch) in an Academy Award-no... read more read more...minated feature that earned star Julia Jentsch a Best Actress award at both the 2005 Lolas and the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival. The year is 1943 and Adolf Hitler's devastating march across Europe has resulted in the formation of the White Rose, an underground resistance movement born in Munich and dedicated to the fall of the Third Reich. Despite being one of the only female members in the White Rose movement, Sophie Scholl's conviction is strong and her will unbreakable. Eventually arrested by the Gestapo for distributing pamphlets on campus alongside her brother Hans, Sophie boldly maintains her ground by calling for freedom and personal responsibility and never once backing down even in the face of certain, inescapable death. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Directed by: Marc Rothemund

Release Date: February 24, 2006

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DVD Release Date: November 14, 2006

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  • fb1216165431
    September 10, 2011
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    Sophie Scholl The Final Days is of accurate history of the brave last days of Sophie Scholl, who at 21, was accused guilty of high treason by distributing anti-Nazi paraphernalia at the University of Munich with his brother, Hans Scholl. Frank and compelling. A tribute to bravery... read more and heroism. Significant.
  • SirPant
    November 2, 2010
    SirPant
    There are some great films based on The White Rose movement but I think it important to remember that this film is based purely on the manuscripts found from Sophie Scholl's interrogation. It is a near as possible reenactment of her last days, her actions and her words. It seems ... read morean awful shame that this doesn't seem to be of interest to most reviewers who it would appear would rather see a explosion-full Nazi killing adventure based on little fact (but why should the truth get in the way of a good war film eh?). The story has been respected as have the people and indeed history. A brilliant story, directed beautifully and with strong performances by Mohr and particularly by Jentsch who's praise is rightfully deserved.
  • itsjustme2004
    October 14, 2010
    itsjustme2004
    Yet another really great true story about Nazi Germany. It's really amazing what this girl went through. Terribly sad ending, but it's what really happened. I am glad they made this movie so the world never forgets what happened during that awful time.
  • hoganshero
    February 18, 2010
    hoganshero
    Great story!
  • flixsterman
    December 12, 2009
    flixsterman
    The more I see of Hitler's tactics the more I appreciate the talents of Albert Pierrepoint. The Nazis had a penchant for exterminating Germany's best and brightest, Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans were unfortunately no exceptions. There should be a special place in heaven fo... read morer those who are willing to sacrifice everything for something as intangible as an idea.
  • MovieGeek13
    March 19, 2009
    MovieGeek13
    A powerfully moving minimalist experience. It explores the conflict of ideals in a tension-filled, authentic manner.
  • harrycaul
    November 6, 2007
    harrycaul
    A gripping drama detailing the arrest, interrogation, trial and execution of anti-Nazi pamphleteer Sophie Scholl and two other White Rose members in Munich. Julia Jentsch portrays Scholl with hypnotic dignity, and it is her remarkable yet unshowy performance which carries the film.
  • ironclad1609
    June 18, 2007
    ironclad1609
    A very intense look at a dark chapter in history, and a few young people who tried to resist the Nazi government. The movie strictly and chronologically follows Sophie Scholl and her way through the instances of Nazi justice. Of course the film mostly consists of dialogues, but e... read morespecially those between Sophie and her interrogator are extremely well acted and gripping. Of course this isn't exactly a feel-good movie but a very well made and important history lesson none the less.
  • fb1144932598
    March 19, 2009
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    A powerful drama, based on true events, of a young woman accused of fomenting dissent in Nazi Germany during the war. It is easy to draw parallels between then and now, but the lesson has to be that only those who know in their hearts that they are wrong need fear the truth. Soph... read moreie Scholl (Julia Jentsch) is the young woman who confronts her interrogator with the morality that underpins and supercedes the law. Her defense consists not in denying her actions, but in the moral justification for those actions. The verdict and sentence are not in doubt, but the cruelty with which the trial is conducted and the swiftness with which the sentence is carried out reveal a regime that knows its days are numbered and that it has gambled and lost. This viewer found it quite interesting that there was a student resistance movement that existed in the belly of the beast that was Nazi Germany. Sophie's legacy is to inspire all who love freedom and abhor injustice to stand up in the face of tyranny, no matter the consequence.
  • crazydannielle16
    May 23, 2008
    crazydannielle16
    What a heartbreaking film. I kept waiting for justice to be served, but what else can one expect from the Nazis besides hatred and cruelty? Sophie and the White Rose were heroes. God bless those who stand up for what is right and are not afraid of the consequences.

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Peter Rainer
October 14, 2006
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

The realization that we are, in many instances, listening in on actual proceedings gives the film an immediacy that no dramatist could hope to match. Full Review

Roger Moore
June 2, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

There's a resonance to Sophie Scholl that crosses borders and approaches the timeless. Full Review

Bruce Westbrook
May 12, 2006
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

Through it all, Jentsch is a beacon of bravery and resolve in the darkness of a totalitarian machine. If any actor in an English-language film has given a better performance in the past year, I'd like... Full Review

Tom Long
April 14, 2006
Tom Long, Detroit News

A disturbing film about courage, idealism, youth and the grim mechanics of mankind gone mad. Full Review

Terry Lawson
April 14, 2006
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Frank and frightening. Full Review

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
April 8, 2006
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sophie Scholl's is a story well worth telling, and this movie is one well worth checking out. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
April 7, 2006
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

Offers the rousingly cathartic spectacle of a young woman who stood up and did what the country has been accused for 70 years of failing to do: to its face, she told Hitler's Third Reich to shove it. Full Review

Liam Lacey
April 7, 2006
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Highly personal and wrenching story. Full Review

Robert Denerstein
March 31, 2006
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

[Jentsch] creates a deeply human portrait of a courageous young woman at a moment when that kind of courage seemed in terribly short supply.

Christy Lemire
March 31, 2006
Christy Lemire, Associated Press

Rothemund and screenwriter Fred Breinersdorfer have locked themselves into an episodic structure that offers virtually no nuance.

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