Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (2005)

Director:

Marc Rothemund

Writer:

Fred Breinersdorfer (writer)

Release Date:

24 February 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama | History | War

Tagline:

In 1943, one young woman stood up to the Nazis, her courage made her a legend, this is her story . . .

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.

Plot Keywords:

Resistance | White Rose | Gestapo | Heroine | Nazi

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

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
Anne Clausen	...	Traute Lafrenz (voice)
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

Also Known As:

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (UK) (original subtitled version) (USA)
Sophie Scholl (International: English title) (informal short title)

Runtime:

120 min | Argentina:117 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

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)

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Broth Film

Trivia:

As the end credits roll, pictures of the real Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans and Christoph Probst are shown.

Goofs:

Factual errors: While being locked up in a Munich Gestapo prison cell the night from February 20 to 21 1943, Sophie Scholl and her cell-mate Else witness an allied air raid with flashlight, howling sirens and bursting bombs. In reality no bombs fell on Munich the time between the British attacks of December 22, 1942, and March 8, 1943.

Quotes:

Sophie Magdalena Scholl: [to the court] You will soon be standing where we stand now.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Making of 'Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage' (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sugar

One of the best German films ever!!!

At first, I didn't want to watch this film because this topic hits me always very hard.

Now I'm glad I did!

After watching "Der Untergang" which did not impress me, "Sophie Scholl" makes me believing that the German film is not dead!

Acting is brilliant! Julia Jentsch is very convincing and transmits so much feeling to the audience! Incredible! BRAVO!!! The other actors are also excellent!

The film manages to show how the German people were afraid of the Nazi, and how the sick ideology of Hitler poisoned almost every mind.

But much more important is - and that really impressed me - that this movie evokes emotion. You feel with Sophie Scholl, you think about what you would have done in her place: "Would I be so strong like Sophie? Could I fight with my life for my ideals? Would I have the courage like this young woman?"

These are important questions, not only for us Germans, but for everyone! Would we stand up and say "This is wrong!", even when our life is at stake?

It's difficult to find the right words, but this film deeply touched me and made me thinking about myself. And this fact alone is truly remarkable. Watch this film!