Overview
- Angel Studios released the Matt Whitaker–directed feature in theaters on Oct. 17, expanding on his 2002 documentary Truth & Conviction.
- Critics at RogerEbert.com, Variety, and FandomWire describe a conventional, inspirational style with restrained depictions of violence.
- Consultants and researchers acknowledge streamlined events and altered penalties for narrative clarity, while affirming the story’s factual spine.
- The film dramatizes Helmuth Hübener’s leaflet campaign informed by banned BBC broadcasts, with help from friends Karl‑Heinz Schnibbe and Rudi Wobbe.
- Ewan Horrocks stars alongside Ferdinand McKay, Daf Thomas, Nye Occomore, and Rupert Evans, reflecting a cast choice that reviewers note as distinctly British.