Sophie Scholl is about a real college student that lived in Germany during world war two and took the initiative with some of her mates to speak out against Hitler. She and her mates were killed for their trouble, but went proudly to the guillotine. The military tribunal near the end of the film was interesting as the judge did all the prosecuting and the lawyers sat back and did nothing. Just like the Salem witch trials and the terrorist trials of today. Fascism is the same no matter what the age. A moving story where in hindsight you can say these students were correct. The master race or the righteous tend to ignore the facts that contradict their theories of life. It's depressing to think that any country can be duped into electing whack jobs like Hitler, but it is definitely worth the watch.
Review of Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
