As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Jonas Dassler) is swept into the epicentre of a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler.
With his faith and fate at stake, Bonhoeffer must choose between upholding his moral convictions or risking it all to save millions of Jews from genocide. Will his shift from preaching peace to plotting murder alter the course of history or cost him everything?
Bonhoeffer hoped to secure possible peace terms with the Allies for a post-Hitler government and met Anglican Bishop George Bell of Chichester, a member of the House of Lords, contacted by Bonhoeffer's exiled brother-in-law Leibholz; through him feelers were sent to British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
This film succeeds in painting a respectful and nuanced portrait of a man whose convictions led him down a path of dangerous resistance.