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"A Gripping True Story.  Challenges you to gauge your own courage." declares The New York Times box cover:

On the back one finds several quotes, but the Washington Post sums it up for me 

Riveting.  Beautiful.  Extraordinary.  Chilling

In case you haven't heard of Sophie Scholl (May 9, 1921 - February 22, 1943), she has reached cult status in Germany due to her idealized, bold, brief, and audacious stand against the Nazi regime as a member of White Rose Non-violent resistance movement. BTW, the extras include interviews which portray her and other members of The White Rose as normal people just doing what they should ... Amen!  Great to watch/hear the testimonies and witness such great use of recently recovered Nazi transcripts from Sophie’s interrogation to fill in the memoirs of her prison cellmate which were used in the two previous films on Sophie.

I found Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (2005) powerful and as it closed with blacked out guillotine scenes, I wondered how one compares Sophie to Bonhoeffer.  That is for another day, but if someone would like to get started, please comment. As I look at my ever expanding library, I wonder when I'll have time to read Sophie Scholl and the White Rose by Annette Dumbach and Jud Newborn for more of the story.  Maybe in a few years, when Ellen and Hayley better can keep up with the complex ideas and dialogue in subtitles, they'll find the film an inspiration to read/report on the true story.  But until then, I might just have to watch the film again and do some on-line research about Sophie Scholl's compelling faith.  

PS.  More at Sophie Scholl's Parents ... 'Die Donne scheint noch' ('The sun is still shining')