SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE LAST DAYS
[Sophie Scholl: Die Letzten Tage]

Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in this award-winning drama based on a true story. Acclaimed young actress Julia Jentsch (THE EDUKATORS) stars as Sophie Scholl, a young German woman who fiercely opposed the Nazi government as part of the underground student resistance movement, The White Rose. The film focuses on her last six days, a gripping journey from her arrest to her interrogation, trial and sentence. Silver Bear, Best Director and Actress, 2005 Berlin Film Festival.

DIR/PROD Marc Rothemund; SCR Fred Breinersdorfer; PROD Sven Burgemeister, Christoph Müller and Fred Breinersdorfer. Germany, 2005, color, 117 min. In German with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Born in 1968, Marc Rothemund began his professional career as assistant director to Helmut Dietl (ROSSINI), Bernd Eichinger (DAS MÄDCHEN ROSEMARIE), Dominik Graf (SPERLING) and Gerard Corbiau (FARINELLI). In 1998, he obtained the Bavarian Film Prize as best young director for his first feature film DAS MERKWÜRDIGE VERHALTEN GESCHLECHTSREIFER GROßSTÄDTER ZUR PAARUNGSZEIT [Love Scenes from Planet Earth]. His TV thriller DAS DUO - DER LEIBHABER won the VFF TV Movie Award in 2003.

Director Marc Rothemund scheduled to attend.

Special thanks to the German Embassy and Zeitgeist Films

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