This 1982 film is the same story as the more modern Sophie Scholl – the story of the student resistance group, the White Rose, and specifically Sophie Scholl. This film, while based on the true story, does not follow the documentation as exactly as the more modern film. That being said, it also has different points of documentation that were not included in Sophie Scholl, for example the speech in the university noting the purpose of a woman is to have the next generation of soldiers for the Reich.
Lena Stolze, who plays Sophie Scholl, is still an active actress today. She was in Rosenstrasse as Miriam Suessmann. Ulrich Tukur, who plays Willi Graf, is also still active today. We know him from Zettl, the White Ribbon (I know, I know, I still need to write that review too!), even the American film Solaris. This film, however, was his first.
Artistically, this film has a few strange moments. It’s a historical drama, but at some points the music attempts to make a comedy of it. Sophie’s fiance is home during this time and they are sharing a moment together, and the camera focuses on her hairy underarms, a sight which was still a common one in Germany by the time this movie was made. Unfortunately, my copy of this movie also has some tracking issues towards the end, so the scenes become choppy as the resistance group is discovered, and finally freezes as they are being interrogated.