Munich 1942: The student group White Rose, among them the Scholl siblings, have started to produce and distribute leaflets calling for resistance against Hitler and his regime.

As the Gestapo's noose tightens around the students, they make contact with other resistance groups and even with high military officials.

In the credits, the director points out that the death sentences of the People's Court were still legally valid at the time the film was completed.

Lena Stolze, the actress portraying Sophie Scholl, one of the White Rose participants, performed the starring role in The Nasty Girl.

This was because, at the time, the wartime German legal decision that outlawed the White Rose group effectively banned foreign distribution of the film, and this had to be rescinded before it could be released.