What Bonhoeffer gets right (and what it gets wrong)

Published December 2, 2024 5:03pm ET



A couple of months ago, I had the chance to see Am I a Racist?, conservative commentator Matt Walsh’s hit documentary. It was a fantastic experience — I laughed so hard I could barely breathe. While I thoroughly enjoyed the film, my attention was grabbed even more by a preview for a forthcoming movie: Bonhoeffer, a historical drama written and directed by Todd Komarnicki.

The trailer, which features Disturbed’s hauntingly powerful cover of the Simon and Garfunkel classic “The Sound of Silence,” struck such a chord with me that I watched it a few dozen times on YouTube and shared it with many friends in the lead-up to the film’s Nov. 22 theatrical release.

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