“Sophie Scholl: The Final Days” was a 2005 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. As imdb.com notes, the movie is a “dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.”
The DVD box description notes, from
long-buried historical records of her incarceration, director Marc Rothermund expertly recreates the last six days of Sophie Scholl’s life, a heart-stopping journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her conviction and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless.
For her role as Sophie Magdalena Scholl, Julia Jentsch won Best Actress at the European Film Awards. For this film, Jentsch also won Best Actress at the German Film Awards.