The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the first, and strongest,
voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler. An acclaimed preacher, pacifist and author,
Bonhoeffer came to the famed Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem on a teaching
fellowship. When Bonhoeffer returned to Germany in 1932 he had a new awareness
of racial prejudice and challenged Christian churches to stand with the Jews
in their moment of need. Bonhoeffer eventually joined the unsuccessful plots
to assassinate Hitler and was executed three weeks before the end of the war.
Watch a Scene from the Film
IN THIS SCENE: While in jail, Bonhoeffer's Resistance launches its final attempt to assasinate Hitler. The plan fails and Bonhoeffer contemplates his life while awaiting his death.
What the Critics are Saying
"Though structured as the biography of the late German pastor Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, Martin Doblmeier’s engrossing documentary also offers a well-researched
history of his times." - New York Daily News
"A touching narrative on the nature of faith."
- New York
Times
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
by Eberhard Bethge
