Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

After distributing anti-Nazi leaflets at the University of Munich, Sophie Scholl is arrested by the Gestapo along with her brother Hans. The film chronicles her final days, including a tense interrogation and a show trial before the People's Court, portraying her unwavering moral conviction.

Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose, a nonviolent resistance group that distributed leaflets condemning the Nazi regime and the war. She was arrested, tried, and executed by guillotine within days in February 1943, becoming an enduring symbol of German resistance.

The interrogation dialogue is drawn substantially from surviving Gestapo transcripts, giving the film unusual documentary fidelity.

Directed by Marc Rothemund

Cast: Julia Jentsch, Alexander Held, Fabian Hinrichs

Positioned at 18–22 February 1943 within the German resistance to Nazism phase of the war, as part of the White Rose resistance movement. This is entry 94 of 150 in the chronological archive.

• White Rose
• resistance
• Gestapo
• true story
• Munich

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  The 12th Man

  March–May 1943

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  Since You Went Away

  1943–1944

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  The Heroes of Telemark

  February 1943 – February 1944

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  Escape from Sobibor

  14 October 1943

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  The King's Speech

  1925–1939

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  The Gathering Storm

  1934–May 1940