| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Germany. |
Zeitgeist Films
Directed by Marc Rothemund
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Zeitgeist Films)
Engrossing story of a brother and sister who are caught distributing anti-Nazi leaflets at a university during the height of WWII. Julia Jentsch is Sophie, the heart, and brains, of the small student group "White Rose" who used peaceful resistance against the mighty Nazi regime. She out-duels a Nazi interrogator in a war of words, eloquently expressing her world view while exposing his as both hypocritical and evil. As the evidence mounts against her a trial is hastily arranged. However, it is a trial in name only, presided over by a judge channeling Adolf Hitler who can talk louder than anyone else in the room. Sophie still manages to come out on top. They are sentenced to death and at first she is overwhelmed by grief, but when her father tells her how proud he is of her actions, she faces it with dignity. A powerhouse that recalls the best anti-war films.
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