| Date: | 28 August, 2008 (Thursday) |
| Where: |
Goethe Institute Max Mueller Bhavan 716, CMH Road, P.O.B. 5058 Indiranagar 1st Stage Bangalore , Karnataka Zipcode: 560 038 |
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| Permanent link: | http://www.eventsinindia.com/events/12146 |
German with English sub-titles
All are welcome!
Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans, and some other students are working for the resistance movement “The White Rose”, fighting against the National Socialist regime and the war. In a secret studio they prepare anti-Nazi leaflets which are then distributed everywhere. During one of these campaigns Sophie and her brother are caught by the Nazis and put into detention.
Robert Mohr, an experienced interrogator, threatens Sophie with charges of high treason, aiding the enemy and undermining military morale. In a calm, confident and intelligent manner, Sophie does her best to conceal the truth and very nearly manages to convince Mohr of her innocence. She is issued a discharge certificate but just as she thinks she will be set free, Mohr receives a call that changes everything.
The evidence piles up and finally Hans cracks under the pressure. On the 22 February 1943, four days after their arrest, the accused are sentenced to death in a propaganda trial. They are executed by guillotine on the same day, remaining faithful to their beliefs and ideals to the last. Far from lecturing the audience about history the film gives a very intimate and emotional insight into the motives and thoughts of the accused and also the interrogator.
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