Martin Doblmeier's documentary tells the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the young German theologian who offered one of the first clear voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler. Bonhoeffer openly challenged his church to stand with the Jews in their time of need, and eventually joined a plot to kill Hitler. Extensive archival research in the US and Europe brings to life this amazing story of moral courage. Extraordinary, never-before-seen footage of Bonhoeffer and the Third Reich is interwoven with interviews with friends, family and students of Bonhoeffer, with historians and theologians and with the words of Bonhoeffer himself as read by Austrian actor Klaus Maria Brandauer.