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April 16, 2006

A New Film On The White Rose

I
caught "Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" last night. I'd heard great things about it, and was looking forward to seeing it. But I was disappointed. The story of the White Rose is a dramatic one, and the film narrates the history adequately. But the director's storytelling is mechanical and uninspired, and the actors in the roles of the key Nazis (Sophie's Gestapo interrogator and the chief judge of the court that condemns her) play their parts like cartoon characters.

(I read here, however, that the depiction of the chief judge may not have been so far-fetched.)

All in all, a disappointment. Michael Verhoeven's take on the same story had its own problems, but on the whole, I prefer it.

Posted by Eric at April 16, 2006 4:24 PM

Comments

My wife and I watched it last night. I, personally, found it to be flawless. Certainly, there was no 'cartoon' in the character of Mohr and the President of the court. After all, the few seconds of actual film of the trial were replecated faithfully by the actor playing him as can be seen on side two of the DVD. Not a good or fair review. I wish that the reviewer would spend the 4 hours seeing both sides of the DVD.

Posted by: John Boanerges Redman at February 4, 2007 6:14 PM