(IN LIEBE, EURE HILDE)

Berlin, 1942: Hilde (Liv Lisa Fries), a young medical assistant, has fallen in love and married Hans Coppi (Johannes Hegemann). But amid the passion there is grave danger; Hans becomes involved in the Red Orchestra, a group of young anti-Nazi revolutionary freedom fighters. Hilde is a reluctant participant in their clandestine activities, writing leaflets and helping to communicate to Moscow through an illegal radio receiver. The couple spends one joyful summer together before she is arrested by the Gestapo and gives birth to a son in a women’s prison. Director Andreas Dresen shuffles the timelines of Hilde’s extraordinary true story, so we begin with her arrest and incarceration before circling back to her fateful meeting with Hans, resulting in a powerful, perfectly balanced, and deeply moving film.

This film will be preceded by the short film Little Shrew (Dir. Kate Bush, 4 mins).

There will be Open Captioned screenings at 13.00 on Friday 27th, and 20.20 on Monday 30th.

Notes by David O’Mahony.