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Following on from the success and acclaim
of last season’s landmark film Downfall,
comes another piece of WWII German history, approaching
the subject from the opposite direction. Sophie Scholl was
a real young German woman, familiar to every German schoolchild.
Part of The White Rose, a secret non-violent anti-Hitler
student group, she was 21 when she was arrested. Drawn almost
verbatim from the transcripts
between Scholl and her interrogator Robert Mohr, this features
an outstanding performance from Julia Jentsch (The
Edukators) as the embodiment of self belief, a belief
that being young did not excuse her from resisting the Nazi’s.
SILVER BEAR - Best Actress & Director,
Berlin 2005
"the sheer power of Jentsch’s performance,
and Sophie’s own words make
this a must-see film" EuropeanFilms.net
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