Here is yet another poignant tale of the
brutality of World War II. The film narrates in an unsophisticated manner about
people from Hitler’s so called community itself who saw the futility of the war
and protested the illusion of Hitler. They were the real prophets who were
punished when they tried to tell the truth of the impending destruction of
Hitler’s malicious and ambitious designs. It is a German film based on a real
life incident and is directed by Marc Rothemund.
Director: Marc Rothemund
Film Clip
Sophie Scholl The Final Days is the story of three students
of White Rose who are convicted for distributing pamphlets that speak the real
truth. They are convicted unjustly without even being subjected to the existing
law and thus are done away with. However, they die not before enkindling a
doubt in the minds of the executers.
This film, no doubt, is one of the best
narratives of the consequences of the war. And what makes it even more powerful
is the absorbing performance by Magdelana Scholl (Julia Jentsch). The music too
adds to the sordid tale of the victims.
What grips the viewers perhaps is the
approach of the parents of Sophie who say, “You both have done the right thing
and we are proud of you.” It is indeed admirable to see that even within
Germany there were scores of people who did not approve of Hitler’s type of adventure
at the cost of millions of innocent people. Perhaps, it is because of such
people that the world, despite all its cruelty and uncertainty, is still a good
enough place to live in.
- Melwyn Pinto SJ
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