Fresh
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.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
The true story of a young woman who did what few in Nazi Germany dared even think!
2005 · 1h 57m · Not Rated
Drama, History
Directed by
Marc Rothemund
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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Overview
In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.
Director and cast
- Marc Rothemund Director
- Julia Jentsch as Sophie Magdalena Scholl
- Fabian Hinrichs as Hans Scholl
- Alexander Held as Robert Mohr
- Johanna Gastdorf as Else Gebel
- André Hennicke as Richter Dr. Roland Freisler
- Florian Stetter as Christoph Probst
- Maximilian Brückner as Willi Graf
- Johannes Suhm as Alexander Schmorell
- Jörg Hube as Robert Scholl
- Petra Kelling Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film holds few surprises, though it builds a remarkable level of suspense during the fait-accompli interrogation scenes, and is a well-intended commemoration of a courageous young woman.
Jessica Winter, Time Out
Fresh
There's a resonance to Sophie Scholl that crosses borders and approaches the timeless.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
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 to see it.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
A disturbing film about courage, idealism, youth and the grim mechanics of mankind gone mad.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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