{"id":15823,"date":"2011-02-07T10:27:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T17:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15823"},"modified":"2021-01-31T11:37:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T18:37:42","slug":"white-rose-the-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15823","title":{"rendered":"White Rose, The (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We can only get rid of the Nazis if we lose the war.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Poster-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Poster-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Poster-75x128.jpg 75w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Poster.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the height of World War II, German college student Sophie Scholl (Lena Stolze) discovers that her brother Hans (Wulf Kessler) is involved in an underground anti-Nazi movement known as the White Rose, and decides to join in the group&#8217;s efforts.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>German Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Resistance Fighters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe gripping true story of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sophie_Scholl\">Sophie Scholl<\/a> &#8212; a young German woman who was murdered, along with several others, for daring to voice anti-Nazi sentiments during the height of WWII &#8212; was brought vividly to life in the Oscar-nominated film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0426578\/\"><em>Sophie Scholl: The Final Days<\/em> (2005)<\/a>, a powerful, must-see modern movie. More than twenty years earlier, Michael Verhoeven&#8217;s <em>The White Rose<\/em> told the same story, from a slightly different perspective. While <em>Sophie Scholl<\/em> was based on recently unearthed transcripts of Sophie&#8217;s interrogation after being caught distributing anti-Nazi flyers at Munich University, and essentially begins at this late point during her &#8220;final days&#8221;, <em>The White Rose<\/em> depicts the evolution of the titular group&#8217;s activities, showcasing how a handful of German youths eventually came to believe that their country was headed for imminent disaster under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, and were determined to try to bring the war to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike in <em>Sophie Scholl<\/em> &#8212; which, as its name implies, is primarily concerned with showcasing the final days of Sophie herself &#8212; the screentime here is shared amongst a number of different White Rose protagonists, thus allowing us to learn a bit more about the group&#8217;s clandestine efforts to spread its urgent message. Through close attention to detail, the film effectively reminds us of the sobering truth, that during this infamous period of European history, one could lose one&#8217;s life for daring to write an anti-government missive &#8212; and that an act as simple as buying several dozen postage stamps could mark one immediately as a potential traitor to one&#8217;s country. Unfortunately, there are a few too many narrative threads hanging loose throughout the screenplay &#8212; such as a confusing subplot about Hans&#8217;s apparent romantic dalliances with two different women (Anja Kruse and Mechthild Reinders); but admirers of <em>Sophie Scholl<\/em> are sure to want to check out this essential cinematic counterpart, which fills in the gaps about an infamous, little told episode in German history. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lena Stolze as Sophie Scholl<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Stolze.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Stolze.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Stolze.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Stolze-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Stolze-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A powerful, unique perspective on German anti-Nazi sentiments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Anti-Nazi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Anti-Nazi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Anti-Nazi.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Anti-Nazi-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/White-Rose-Anti-Nazi-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s certainly worth viewing, and must-see for those interested in this historical era. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084897\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/05\/06\/movies\/the-white-rose-students-against-nazis.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We can only get rid of the Nazis if we lose the war.&#8221; Synopsis: During the height of World War II, German college student Sophie Scholl (Lena Stolze) discovers that her brother Hans (Wulf Kessler) is involved in an underground anti-Nazi movement known as the White Rose, and decides to join in the group&#8217;s efforts. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: German Films Historical Drama Resistance Fighters Review: The gripping true story of Sophie Scholl &#8212; a young German woman who&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15823\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15823"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67371,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15823\/revisions\/67371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}