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The sun still shines: Sophie Scholl: The Last Days

If you have the time to look beyond the usual Hollywood dishes, Metrowalk can spring DVD surprises for viewing on Gloria's three day weekends. I found a copy of the award winning 2005 German film "Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage " that features the story of the Scholl siblings Hans and Sophie who founded the resistance movement White Rose . The White Rose distributed thousands of anti-Nazi mimeographed leaflets in Bavaria and other parts of Germany. The Scholls were arrested on 18 February 1943 when Sophie Scholl caught by the Munich university porter scattering the leaflets in Munich University hall. After a spurious show trial by the Nazi "people's" court presided by Roland Friesler , the Scholls were convicted of treason and executed on 22 February. The film is based on trial depositions and transcripts that were held in East Germany. After German reunification these were made public. The actors played their roles magnificently. Noted German actress Juli...