Mildred Elizabeth Gillars nicknamed "Axis Sally" along with Rita Zucca, was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin, she became the first woman to be tried for treason against the United States in March 1949.
During the end credits, a short video of Billy Owen is shown talking about his involvement in the trial.
By 1941, the U.S. State Department was advising American nationals to leave Germany and German-controlled territories. However, Gillars chose to remain because her fiancé, Paul Karlson, a naturalized German citizen, said he would never marry her if she returned to the United States. Shortly afterwards, Karlson was sent to aid the German war effort in the Eastern Front, where he was killed in action.
Epilogue: "James Laughlin went on to other high profile cases. He died in 1976. Mildred Gillars was sentenced to 30 years in prison, but was released after serving 12 years. In 1961 she returned to Ohio where she worked as a teacher. She died June 25, 1988. Billy Owen had a successful legal career. He had 4 children, all lawyers. He died in 2018, at age 93."
Thomas Kretschmann also plays a well-known Nazi in The Pianist.