Every nation needs a legend... Set in the summer of 1954 'The Miracle Of Bern' is the story of 11 year old Matthias who lives in a German mining town with his mother sister and brother. He is adopted as the bag carrier and lucky mascot for the local football team by top player Helmut Rahn (Sascha Gopel). Meanwhile after years in captivity Matthias' father Richard (Peter Lohmeyer) returns from a Soviet POW camp only to cast a dark shadow over his once happy family. For Ri
Echoing Downfall's contemplation of the darkest period in Germany's history, Sophie Scholl is a heartbreaking drama based on real life events and the activities of the White Rose resistance group.Munich, 1943. A group of students, including siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl, instigate passive resistance in an attempt to overthrow the Nazi regime. Sophie and Hans are arrested for disturbing leaflets and an intense psychological duel ensues in the interrogation room between Sophie and Gestapo officer Mohr; she lies and denies, then schemes and challenges. Ultimately crushing evidence is presented and though forced to confess Scholl fights to save the lives of her brother and friends.
Sophie Scholl - The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch (of recent cult fave The Edukators in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistence group The White Rose. Armed with long-buried historical records of her incarceration director Marc Rothemund expertly re-creates 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 convictions 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.
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