The White Rose

The White Rose Die Weiße Rose Movie Poster Country West Germany Directed by Michael Verhoeven Release Date September 24, 1982 Language German Russian Studio Sentana Filmproduktion Distributor Filmverlag der Autoren Main Cast Character Actor Sophie Scholl Lena Stolze Hans Scholl Wulf Kessler Christoph Probst Werner Stocker Alexander Schmorell Oliver Siebert Willi Graf Ulrich Tukur Prof. Dr. Kurt Huber Martin Benrath

The White Rose is a 1982 German historical drama film directed by Michael Verhoeven. Munich 1942: The student group Weiße Rose, among them the Scholl siblings, calls for resistance against Hitler and his regime with leaflets. Risking their lives, they take leaflets to other cities and write slogans such as "Down with Hitler" on the walls of houses at night. As the noose of the Gestapo tightens around the students, they contact other resistance groups and even high military officials. In early 1943, the Gestapo strikes. Hans and Sophie Scholl are arrested in the courtyard of Munich University. The People's Court under its chairman Freisler sentences them to death. The sentence was carried out on February 22, 1943.

The 2005 movie Sophie Scholl – The Final Days tells almost the same story.

The following weapons were used in the film The White Rose:

Pistols

Luger P08

Christoph Probst (Werner Stocker) steals a Luger P08 from a Hitlerjugend official.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Christoph brandishes the newly-acquired Luger after removing it from the holster.

FN Model 1910

An FN Model 1910 is held by Hans Scholl (Wulf Kessler).

FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP

A blurry view of the pistol's grip.

Two more angles of the FN Model 1910.

Submachine Guns

MP 40

Some German soldiers can be seen with MP40s, which appear to be non-firing replicas.

Denix non-firing replica of MP40

A soldier to the far right holds his MP40.

Another soldier points his MP40 at undressed Soviet PoWs.

The same soldier prepares to open fire. Note the entire gun appears to be slightly bent. Other examples have no hooded front sights.

Rifles

Mauser Puška vz. 24

The VZ-24 Czech Mauser is widely used by German soldiers.

Puška vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A German soldier among forced laborers stands with his Mauser vz. 24 as Sophie Scholl (Lena Stolze) looks out the canteen window.

The silhouette of a Mauser rifle carried by a sentry.

Unknown Rifles

Several German soldiers can be seen with full-length rifles at the railway station.

The two soldiers in the left background carry their rifles. Judging by the barrels, Mosin-Nagant M91/30 rifles could be a good guess.