“(A) gripping true
story, directed in a cool, semi-documentary style… challenges
you to gauge your own courage and strength of character.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York
Times
“Powerful! Remarkable!
Devastating! Very, very moving!
One of the most wrenching German courtroom
sequences
in any film since Judgment at Nuremberg.
Jentsch’s
performance is riveting!
This is a required viewing experience, not
an elective.”
–Rex Reed, The New York Observer
“Riveting! Boasting a
magnetic lead performance
by German actress Julia Jentsch.
A heartbreaking yet stirring reminder
of the perils and glory of courage.”
– John Powers, Vogue
“Gripping, moving!
Julia Jentsch gives a brilliantly nuanced
performance as Sophie!
A rare beacon of conscience in totalitarianism’s
dark night.”
–Leslie Camhi, Village Voice
The
true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to
thrilling life in SOPHIE SCHOLL-THE FINAL DAYS. Winner of multiple
awards, SOPHIE SCHOLL stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance
as the young coed-turned-fearless activist. Armed with long-buried
historical records of her incarceration, director Marc Rothemund expertly
re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's life: a heart-stopping
journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence.
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. Its sole female member,
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 that is both
haunting and timeless.
