Sophie Scholl – die letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – the Final Days

Marc Rothemund: Sophie Scholl – die letzten Tage /  Sophie Scholl – the Final Days (DE 2005) starring Julia Jentsch (Sophie Scholl).

Sophie Scholl – viimeiset päivät / Sophie Scholl – den sanna historien.
     DE © 2005 Goldkind / Broth. D: Marc Rothemund. SC: Fred Breinersdorfer. CA: Martin Langer. Starring Julia Jentsch (Sophie Scholl), Fabian Heinrichs (Hans Scholl), Alexander Held (Robert Mohr), Florian Stetter (Christoph Probst).
    Released thru Bavaria
    English subtitles by Gerhard Lehmann.
    In the presence of Marc Rothemund, Julia Jentsch and ca 20 members of the team.
    Viewed at the Berlinale-Palast, Berlin Film Festival (Competition) 13 Feb 2005.

After Percy Adlon's Fünf letzte Tage (1982) and Paul Verhoeven's Die Weisse Rose (also 1982) already the third remarkable film on the subject. In Munich in spring 1943 members of the Weisse Rose secret network start spreading anti-Nazi propaganda. They are captured and condemned to death at the Volksgerichtshof. Great story in the Jeanne d'Arc tradition. Sober but strong. Julia Jentsch stands out in the title role. ***