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Director:
Writer:
Fred Breinersdorfer (writer)
Release Date:
24 February 2005 (Germany)
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Tagline:
In 1943, one young woman stood up to the Nazis, her courage made her a legend, this is her story . . . more
Plot:
A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose. full summary | full synopsis
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Resistance
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White Rose
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Gestapo
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Heroine
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Nazi
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 16 wins
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8 nominations
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new DVD releases in Region 1 and Region 2, week of March 16, 2009
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Dramatic Reconstruction of Historical Events
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Julia Jentsch | ... | Sophie Magdalena Scholl | |
| Gerald Alexander Held | ... | Robert Mohr (as Alexander Held) | |
| Fabian Hinrichs | ... | Hans Scholl | |
| Johanna Gastdorf | ... | Else Gebel | |
| André Hennicke | ... | Richter Dr. Roland Freisler | |
| Florian Stetter | ... | Christoph Probst | |
| Maximilian Brückner | ... | Willi Graf | |
| Johannes Suhm | ... | Alexander Schmorell | |
| Lilli Jung | ... | Gisela Schertling | |
| Klaus Händl | ... | Lohner | |
| Petra Kelling | ... | Magdalena Scholl | |
| Jörg Hube | ... | Robert Scholl | |
| Franz Staber | ... | Werner Scholl | |
| Maria Hofstätter | ... | Wärterin | |
| Wolfgang Pregler | ... | Hausmeister Jakob Schmid |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (UK) (original subtitled version) (USA)
Sophie Scholl (International: English title) (informal short title)
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Sophie Scholl (International: English title) (informal short title)
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Runtime:
120 min | Argentina:117 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-11 |
Sweden:7 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Singapore:PG |
UK:PG |
Brazil:16 |
Australia:M |
Malaysia:U |
South Korea:15 |
Peru:14 |
Germany:12 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich)
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Some scenes were filmed at the University of Munich, the original location where Sophie and Hans Scholl had been arrested. The square in front of the university's main building is called "Geschwister-Scholl-Platz".
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Goofs:
Continuity: In the long interrogation in the middle of the film, the pile of index cards in front of interrogator Mohr keeps moving around on the table.
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Quotes:
Hans Scholl:
[to the court] You may hang us today, but you'll be hanged tomorrow.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Making of 'Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage' (2005) (TV)
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Mother And Son
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This film is not about the Weisse Rose" (White Rose) resistance group, nor is it about Sophie Scholl. It sticks very closely to its title, and only deals with the last days of Sophie Scholl. Having staked out such a narrow subject, Marc Rothemund is able to narrate the story in great detail. This allows the use of pauses in the dialogue which add to the credibility and drama. I read the official version of the interrogation before seeing the film, and felt that a very good effort had been made to reconstruct what may have actually happened. I also felt that the atmosphere which the film conveyed to be entirely plausible for that time, which I am not old enough to have lived through. For instance, the characters always seemed to be holding back, and not opening their feelings to each other.
Because the official version of the interrogation was dictated by Robert Mohr, it is certain to contain many gaps, such as the lines of questioning before reaching Sophie Scholl's quoted replies. The film may have tended to be too dramatic in filling those gaps. It was surely too dramatic in showing so many chance encounters in the various corridors. Perhaps this tendency to over-dramatise was necessary to present the otherwise rather dry historical events. At least the final result was almost believable, in contrast to many films about the past, and it was an improvement on earlier films covering the White Rose, simply because so much more has come to light since they were made.
This is one of the best dramatic reconstructions of historical events that I have seen.