Film No. 33. FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE (IN LIEBE EURE HILDI) Palace (Aust) German FF (2024). 3rd June.

 

Film No. 33 (2024) June 3rd.  11:00 AM  LUNA CINEMA, Cinema 5,  Leederville.

"To not be afraid anymore." (Hilde answers the question of lover Hans, a question asking her to reveal her wish).

NOMINEE: Best Film (Andreas Dresen) Golden Bear, Berlin FF.

Is a heart-felt cinematic story more moving when it is based on a true story, particularly where war is the backdrop? In just about every case, yes, most definitely. HILDE will have you bawling your eyes out.

The story of a bookish looking Hildi Coppi becoming a naïve participant in the German resistance (The Red Orchestra) in 1942 which lead to her trial as a traitor, and then her subsequent execution, forms the spine of this story. It's the power Liv Lisa Fries exudes through Hilde, (a lover, a mother to a new born, and then a carer to fellow inmates) which builds to the power of the ending. Andeas Dresen (GUNDERMANN) brings off another brilliantly layered film. 

In 2009 the German parliament pardoned those tried for crimes as members of The Red Orchestra. What took them so long? My heart continues to bleed for the likes of Hilde. See the film, and yours to will bleed.  11GUMS.