This is a movie about a branch in Nazi Germany; more particularly a 16 year old youn man from the branch, Helmuth Hübener (Ewan Horrocks) and his pursuit of the truth and sharing that truth with his neighbors. He writes leaflets and then distributes them to his neighbors, purring them in mail boxes, on cars, or just letting them go in the air. He recruits two friends, Karl-Heinz Schnibbe (Ferdinand McKay) and Rudi Wobbe (Daf Thomas). They do this because a fourth friend, who happened to be part Jew Soloman Schwarz (Nye Occomore)was taken and ends up in Auschwitz. The Gestapo man who is hunting them down is Erwin Mussener (Rupert Evans). He tortures people by day and loves his family by night which makes a stark contradiction.
Hübener wrote many tracks, which were distributed around Hamburg by he and his friends. This goes on for almost six months before Hübener is caught and tortured into giving up the names of his friends. He does this to protect a young woman he had befriended at work.
I really enjoyed this movie based on a true story. The letter to his mother at the end was very poignant.
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