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[[caption-width-right:350: There is a slight possibility that this trial [[KangarooCourt may not be entirely fair]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: There is a slight possibility that this trial [[KangarooCourt may not be entirely fair]].]]
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* StayInTheKitchen: The Gauleiter of Munich-Upper Bavaria gave a speech shortly before Sophie Scholl and her friends distributed their last leaflet, saying that female students should rather have children than study. [[note]] This statement caused resentment among the students, causing the resistance fighters to overestimate their support in the population and it was a reason why the Gauleiter, fearing a loss of authority, insisted on conducting the White Rose trial as quickly as possible.[[/note]]

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: You might think that actor Andre Hennicke as Roland Freisler is overacting. He isn't. We have film footage of the real Freisler at some of his [[KangarooCourt show trials]], where Freisler makes Hennicke look positively subdued. And he really did conduct trials wearing a blood red robe and judge's cap.



* RealityIsUnrealistic: You might think that actor Andre Hennicke as Roland Freisler is overacting. He isn't. We have film footage of the real Freisler at some of his [[KangarooCourt show trials]], where Freisler makes Hennicke look positively subdued. And he really did conduct trials wearing a blood red robe and judge's cap.



* VelvetRevolution: What the White Rose hoped their arrest would spark.



* VelvetRevolution: What the White Rose hoped their arrest would spark.

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* VelvetRevolution: What WouldHurtAChild: During interrogation, Sophie Scholl mentions the White Rose hoped their arrest would spark. murder of disabled children by the Nazis, which fueled her anger against the regime
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I shouldn't even have to explain why communism the ideology is not 1:1 with any given state with it as its core ideology.


* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Minor example. Else Gebel, the political prisoner who is depicted as a fellow antifascist and as sympathetic to Sophie's plight, was in reality most likely a Gestapo mole. Also, arguably, communism itself by virtue of being anti-fascist, despite the fact that the Soviet dictatorship employed the same tactics of terror deplored and denounced by the White Rose. Neither point is ever touched upon.

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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Minor example. Else Gebel, the political prisoner who is depicted as a fellow antifascist and as sympathetic to Sophie's plight, was in reality most likely a Gestapo mole. Also, arguably, communism itself by virtue of being anti-fascist, despite the fact that the Soviet dictatorship employed the same tactics of terror deplored and denounced by the White Rose. Neither point is ever touched upon.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Little, thanks to the intricate research the crew did, but the policemen's uniforms, while from the right era, are ''Berlin'' uniforms. Bavarian policemen still wore blue coats and Pickelhauben at that point of time.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Little, thanks to the intricate research the crew did, but the policemen's uniforms, while from the right era, are ''Berlin'' uniforms. Bavarian policemen still wore blue coats and Pickelhauben at that point of time.
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* PetTheDog: A lot of moments between Sophie and Robert Mohr, who is more of a LawfulNeutral operating under a depraved legal system, than an outright villain. She is about the same age as his own son and he makes several remarks to the effect of "I would have raised you differently." He is genuinely distressed at the thought of this young person throwing her life away, as he sees it.

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* PetTheDog: A lot of moments between Sophie and interrogator Robert Mohr, who is more of a LawfulNeutral PunchClockVillain operating under a depraved legal system, than an outright villain.unrepentant fascist. She is about the same age as his own son and he makes several remarks to the effect of "I would have raised you differently." He is genuinely distressed at the thought of this young person throwing her life away, as he sees it.
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* SoundOnlyDeath: The camera pans away just before Sophie's execution. We hear the guillotine fall three times, along with Hans screaming "Es lebe die Freiheit!"

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* SoundOnlyDeath: The camera pans away cuts to black just before Sophie's execution. We hear the guillotine fall three times, times a short delay apart, along with Hans screaming hurriedly yelling "Es lebe die Freiheit!"Freiheit!"[[note]]"Long live freedom!"[[/note]] just before the second drop. His last words are TruthInTelevision, although the executions were minutes apart rather than the mere seconds portrayed.
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%%* HeartbeatSoundtrack* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Exists at times.



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%%* HonorBeforeReason* HonorBeforeReason: The Scholls and Probst are all DefiantToTheEnd to their captors, interrogators and prosecutors, not that it does them any personal benefit in the situation. Any possibility of their survival in prison is erased by their resolute refusal to recant their beliefs in the face of the Gestapo.



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%%* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The efforts of the White Rose group to bring awareness and understanding to their fellow students and German citizens ends up getting them executed.



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%%* ThoseWackyNazis* ThoseWackyNazis: Take a wild guess. The most animated of them, to put it mildly, in the film is the KangarooCourt judge Roland Freisler.
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: To be fair, it really doesn't get much more black and white than "Pacifist College Students vs Nazis". Sophie's initial interrogator, however, is portrayed as being somewhat reluctant

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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: To be fair, it really doesn't get much more black and white than "Pacifist College Students vs Nazis". Sophie's initial interrogator, however, is portrayed as being somewhat reluctantreluctant of a PunchClockVillain.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: No one can deny her courage, but Sophie's reckless gesture of throwing a pile of pamphlets into the atrium of the University of Munich, just as the students are emerging from their lectures, was not a good choice.
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It's Freisler, not Friesler. Zapping a Sinkhole and scare quotes.


* RealityIsUnrealistic: You might think that actor Andre Hennicke as Roland Friesler is overacting. He isn't. We have film footage of the RealLife Friesler at some of his [[KangarooCourt show trials]], where Friesler makes Hennicke look positively subdued. And he really did conduct his "trials" wearing a ''[[ObviouslyEvil blood red]]'' robe and judge's cap.

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: You might think that actor Andre Hennicke as Roland Friesler Freisler is overacting. He isn't. We have film footage of the RealLife Friesler real Freisler at some of his [[KangarooCourt show trials]], where Friesler Freisler makes Hennicke look positively subdued. And he really did conduct his "trials" trials wearing a ''[[ObviouslyEvil blood red]]'' red robe and judge's cap.

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: You might think that actor Andre Hennicke as Roland Friesler is overacting. He isn't. We have film footage of the RealLife Friesler at some of his [[KangarooCourt show trials]], where Friesler makes Hennicke look positively subdued. And he really did conduct his "trials" wearing a ''[[ObviouslyEvil blood red]]'' robe and judge's cap.



* RealityIsUnrealistic: You might think that actor Andre Hennicke as Roland Friesler is overacting. He isn't. We have film footage of the RealLife Friesler at some of his [[KangarooCourt show trials]], where Friesler makes Hennicke look positively subdued. And he really did conduct his "trials" wearing a ''[[ObviouslyEvil blood red]]'' robe and judge's cap.
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* TheLastTitle: The {{subtitle}}, ''The Last Days''.

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* TheLastTitle: The {{subtitle}}, ''The Last Final Days''.
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* LaResistance

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* LaResistanceLaResistance: The White Rose.



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* TheLastTitleTheLastTitle: The {{subtitle}}, ''The Last Days''.



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* ProtagonistTitleProtagonistTitle: ''Sophie Scholl''.



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-->'''Sophie''': You think I wasn't raised right, because I feel pity for them?

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-->'''Sophie''': -->'''Sophie:''' You think I wasn't raised right, because I feel pity for them?


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* FalseReassurance: While imprisoned, Sophie is told by another prisoner that, even if she's found guilty, she won't be executed for 90 days according to the law. But after being found guilty, she's informed that she's to be executed that day.

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