… is here on DVD at last.
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days is not only one of the best films to play on American screens this year, but it also boasts one of the greatest performances by an actress in the last several years. Julia Jentsch is riveting in this film.
And then… buy it.
Thank you! When you first mentioned it here I looked for weeks and it was not to be found. I wish I’d seen on the big screen, but I’ll take what I can get.
It’s not very often that I get up from watching a movie and want to go shout to the whole world that they have to watch it, but this is one. What a story of faith, courage and patriotism! Julia Jentsch was as perfect as an actress can get, I think.
There are a lot of great moments, but the one that keeps on repeating in my mind occurred when Sophie was being interrogated by Mohr. They were speaking of the humanity of the mentally ill and Sophie said, “Who can tell what wisdom they will gain from their suffering?”
hi, jeff.
i don’t know if anyone still reads these old blog entries.
i watched “last days” primarily because of the well-deserved coverage that you guys gave it at christianity today. i’ve read many of your comments about the film, and i think they’re spot-on, but in the ct review you begin by describing mohr’s character as ferocious, malevolent, and hannibal lecter-like. while these adjectives may be fitting for the real life mohr, i feel that they mischaracterize the mohr in the film. he was certainly calculating, but as you later suggest, the strength of held’s performance was his ability to show a growing battle between logic, morality, prejudice, and politics, all occuring in this one character. as the film progessed, i think we may even be asked to show some empathy for this man who chooses against his better, more moral judgment. and that’s not something you find with the wicked villains of your first paragraphs.
just a thought,
andrew