
The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's life: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickl... (Full plot summary below)
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The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's life: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless.
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| Milwaukee Journal SentinelMary-Liz ShawThe narrative is tight and compelling, claustrophobic in scope, with acting performances that chill in their understated anxiety and courage. |
| Blogcritics.orgAlan Dale[Sophie and Hans] embody the adolescent faith that any political action is better than none, and the movie couldn't treat them more glowingly if their actions had been effective. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasA career-defining performance by Julia Jentsch drives this riveting German thriller |
| Christianity TodayJeffrey OverstreetWe haven't seen a comparable clash between a principled heroine and a determined, malevolent villain since Agent Starling matched wits with Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A very tense study of the last days of Nazism, and a worthy homage to a true heroine... |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonHinges on a superb centerpiece performance by Julia Jentsch. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldSophie Scholl: The Final Days doesn't use any cinematic flourishes and embellishments; it doesn't need to. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandA powerful, valid and worthy exercise, to be sure. But not emotional, and emotions are the fuel of cinema. |
| Toronto StarGeoff PevereOffers the rousingly cathartic spectacle of a young woman who stood up and did what the country has been accused for 70 years of failing to do: to its face, she told Hitler's Third Reich to shove it. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe film has an immeasurable fascination that makes us look on as voyeurs and wonder how we might have reacted during such desperate times. |