Die weiße Rose

Munich, 1942: A group of young students calls for resistance against the Hitler regime via leaflets—and is caught in the process. The ensuing trial, which culminates in death sentences, exposes the mechanisms of the Nazi justice system as a grotesque farce. Michael Verhoeven examines this chapter of German history with an uncompromising eye, reconstructing the young people's actions as an act of clear political reason amidst a stifling web of denunciation and fear. By deliberately eschewing pathos, "Die weiße Rose" commits to a historically realistic narrative of the Scholl siblings' story, dispelling both the romanticized and the defamatory myths surrounding the group.
(Lien May Lucas)