Die weiße Rose (1982)

Director:

Michael Verhoeven

Writers:

Mario Krebs (writer)
Michael Verhoeven (writer)

Release Date:

24 September 1982 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decesions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Resistance | Jewish | White Rose Plot | Anti Nazi

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Lena Stolze	...	Sophie Scholl
Wulf Kessler	...	Hans Scholl
Oliver Siebert	...	Alex Schmorell
Ulrich Tukur	...	Willi Graf
Werner Stocker	...	Christoph Probst
Martin Benrath	...	Prof. Kurt Huber
Anja Kruse	...	Traute Lafrenz
Ulf-Jürgen Wagner	...	Fritz
Mechthild Reinders	...	Gisela Schertling
Peter Kortenbach	...	Falk Harnack
Gerhard Friedrich	...	Herr Scholl
Sabine Kretzschmar	...	Frau Scholl
Heinz Keller	...	Werner Scholl
Susanne Seuffert	...	Inge Scholl
Christina Schwartz	...	Elisabeth Scholl
Beate Himmerlstoss	...	Herta Probst
Mónika Madras	...	Clara Huber
Hans-Jürgen Schatz	...	Studentenführer
Werner Schnitzer	...	Rektor Prof. Dr. Wüst
Reinhold Olszewski	...	Gauleiter Giesler
Ágnes Csere	...	Lubjanka
Jörg Hube	...	Oberregierungsrat
Joachim R. Iffland	...	Willi Bollinger (as Joachim Rebscher)
Markus Lambert	...	Wittenstein
Jean-Paul Raths	...	Heinz Bollinger
Michael Schech	...	Hubert Furtwängler
Axel Scholtz	...	Hausmeister Jakob Schmid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Beles Adam
Helmut Alimonta
Mária Bakó
Max Griesser
Wilfried Klaus
Jan Köster
György Mádaly
Rainer-Christian Mehring
Hubert Münster
Klaus Münster
Franz Rampelmann	...	Gestapo agent
Karl Scheydt
Inge Schulz
Elemér Tarsoly
Lis Verhoeven

Directed by
Michael Verhoeven

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mario Krebs		writer
Michael Verhoeven		writer

Produced by
Joschi Arpa	....	executive producer
Senta Berger	....	producer
Artur Brauner	....	producer
Hans Prescher	....	producer
Dietmar Schings	....	producer
Michael Verhoeven	....	producer

Original Music by
Konstantin Wecker

Cinematography by
Axel de Roche

Film Editing by
Barbara Hennings

Production Design by
Laszlo Les Oelvedy		(as Les Oelvedy)

Costume Design by
Stasi Kurz

Makeup Department
Regine Kusterer	....	makeup artist
Agnes Petrovics	....	makeup artist
Helga Sander	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Stefan Scholtissek	....	unit manager
Sandorne Toth	....	unit manager
Maria Ungor	....	production manager
Wolfgang Weis	....	unit manager
Thomas Wommer	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
István Bucsi	....	assistant director
Brigitte Liphardt	....	assistant director

Art Department
Michael Adlmüller	....	props
Ulrich Wendt	....	props (as Uli Wendt)

Sound Department
Simon Buchner	....	sound
Holger Gimpel	....	assistant sound
Paul Schöler	....	sound
Willi Schwadorf	....	sound mixer
Vladimir Skomorowski	....	assistant sound
Rainer Wiehr	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Thomas Apitsch	....	still photographer
Horst Chlupka	....	assistant camera
Walter Hailer	....	gaffer
Rodger Hinrichs	....	assistant camera
Ferenc Kátai	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Sabine Matula	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Hanna Haass	....	production accountant
Nikos Ligouris	....	continuity
Sigrid Reti	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)
• Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
• Sentana Filmproduktion

Distributors

• Filmverlag der Autoren (1982) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• National Center for Jewish Film (NCJF) (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• TeleCulture (1983) (USA) (subtitled)
• Univídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Also Known As:

The White Rose (International: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:123 min | USA:108 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:12 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12 (f) (bw)

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)

Trivia:

The speech given by Reinhold Olszewski (Gauleiter Giesler) is word-for-word the same as the actual speech given by the Bavarian Gauleiter in 1943.

Quotes:

Gauleiter Giesler: I can certianly understand why some of you girls think that you always have to study. It's because you're not pretty enough to find an admirer!
[boos and hisses]
Gauleiter Giesler: But let me reassure you ladies! I can gladly assign you one of my aids, and I can gauruntee you a pleasurable experiance!
[crowd erupts in fury]

Movie Connections:

References Wunschkonzert (1940)

Engrossing!

This was a great film about brave students in Nazi Germany who risk their lives and start a student rebellion. Many people do not realize that there was a resistance movement in Germany. This film reminds us that not all Germans loved hitler and the nazis. Sophie and Hans Scholl were two brave persons!