Another must-see film

My friend John Newman has directed me to the site for the movie Sophie Scholl: die letzen Tage (Sophie Scholl: The Last Days), which was a contender for the foreign-language Oscar and looks downright great.

Looking into the background gave me my first exposure to The White Rose, comprised of Hans Scholl, his sister Sophie and Christoph Probst, who were executed by Nazi Germany for advocating nonviolent resistance to the oppressive government. Interesting how advocates of nonviolence so frequently meet violent deaths.

It's not scheduled for release on DVD in the USA anytime soon ... but it's definitely on my watch-for-this-one list.