Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
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  • Starring: Fabian Hinrichs, Julia Jentsch
  • Summary: The true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in Germany's official Foreign Language Film selection for the 2005 Academy 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. (Zeitgeist Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Marc Mohan
    91
    Throughout, Sophie exhibits the quality common to all of history's great martyrs, a preternatural calmness that perseveres despite (or perhaps because of) the inevitability of her doom.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    80
    It's a crisply made, absorbing human drama that frames its moral confrontation between good and evil in universal terms.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    80
    Rock solid performances by up-and-coming German actress Julia Jentsch as Sophie and Alexander Held ("Downfall") as Mohr along with an excellent cast of supporting players insure that no one mistakes this for a lifeless docu-drama.
  4. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    60
    Powerfully rendered in every respect - and another testament to how bad the Nazis are for drama.

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
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  1. ButteredPopcorn
    10
    Engrossing and captivating. Uplifting and resolute throughout, this movie is about the triumph of principles and ideals over politics and circumstance. The scenes involving the interrogation of Sophie are so masterfully crafted that you come to realize that in fact, the balance of power has tipped to Sophie's advantage through the shear strength of her resoluteness and integrity. And not enough can be said for the exquisite attention to nuance and detail, giving the movie a taut sense of precison and purpose. A rare treat, wonderfully told, marvellously understated, and just brimming with meaning. Like one of the previous reviewers - this is my favorite movie of the year as well.… Expand
  2. PhilipP.
    10
    A human drama without any added film dramatizations and all the more chilling because of it. This could happen today in any country unless the people are aware.… Expand
  3. LyleM.
    10
    Excellent movie. Wonderful "conflict" scenes. So far, my "best movie" of the year.
  4. ERG1008
    7
    Anti-war protesters get caught delivering flyers in a University. Get arrested, interrogated, then on trial.
    Quite intense dialogue throughout     but very well acted & shot. Every film I've seen Julia Jentsch she has been brilliant & this is no exception. A mention too for Alexander Held as the cold yet angry Mohr.
    You sort of expect what's going to happen but does leave you feeling empty at the end.    … Collapse

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