Plot Summary
Genres: Drama, War
Tagline: In 1943, one young woman stood up to the Nazis, her courage made her a legend, this is her story . . .
Plot Outline 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.
Plot Synopsis: Munich, 1943: Sophie and Hans Scholl are members of the "Weiße Rose" (White Rose), a resistance group against the Nazi regime. When the siblings lay out fliers at the university, they are caught by the caretaker who calls the Gestapo. After their imprisonment, they are interrogated for days. In the beginning, Sophie manages to bluff the questioning official Robert Mohr, but Hans finally confesses everything. Now Sophie vindicates her ideals, but also tries to protect the other group members. On February 22nd, the Scholls and their aide Christoph Probst are accused of high treason and sentenced to death. As the execution tooks place the same day, Sophie has to take leave of her family...
Actors: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Gerald Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke
Directors: Marc Rothemund
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I just watched it. The woman that played Sophia Scholl was outstanding. This is a pretty amazing story and the movie was a nice history lesson of the events that took place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl
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