Bonhoeffer

A fact-filled if uninspired treatment of a truly inspirational life, this workmanlike film celebrates the courage of German theologian and anti-Nazi hero Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was hanged less than a month before the war's end. After wrestling with the moral implications of killing, Bonhoeffer — who had long been critical of the Nazi party — joined his brother, Klaus, and two brothers-in-law in a conspiracy to assassinate Adolph Hitler. The plot failed and the conspirators were imprisoned and then executed: One of the few German religious leaders who voiced opposition to the Nazi nightmare was finally silenced. The film begins by tracing the roots of Bonh...