Munich, Germany—One of the more compelling true stories of
wartime Germany is that of young Sophie Scholl and the organization known as
the White Rose.
The White Rose was a small university based peaceful Nazi
resistance organization committed to revealing the evil state secrets of the
Third Reich. They exposed the cruel
murders of mentally ill children, Jews and prisoners of war. They did so by writing, printing distributing
leaflets exposing the shameful Nazi crimes.
In 1943 Sophie, her brother Hans Scholl and a friend, Christoph
Probst were caught in the act of distributing hundreds of leaflets at the
University in Munich. They were
arrested, tried convicted and executed for treason. Eventually four other members were executed
too and others imprisoned.
What makes Sophie special was that she fought tyranny and
demanded that she not be treated better than her brother and friend
Christoph. The young trio were
allbeheaded on a guillotine.
I want this film remade in English. I’d cast Sebastian Koch as Gestapo Inspector Robert Mohr and Christian Berkel as Judge Roland Frisler. Additionally I'd cast Carice van Houten as Else Gebel, Sophie's cellmate at Stadlehiem. A casting dragnet should be cast to find a wonderful 21-year-old actress
to play Sophie.
The actors should speak in English with authentic German
accents and it should be filmed where it happened. Needless to say I'd love to personally be involved in this production.
This story is compelling, heartbreaking and a monument to
the courage of these youngsters.
Comments
Maybe Germany would do us the favor of making such a film.
March 26, 2014 4:42 PM
They did:a most excellent film,gut wrenching actually.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426578/