From Hilde, With Love – the 'Moving' Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

From Hilde, With Love – the 'moving' story of an accidental revolutionary

The story of German resistance to the Nazis has often been told, in books, documentaries and films, but rarely as "freshly and movingly" as in this account of the life of Hilde Coppi, said Lee Marshall in Screen Daily. She was a dissident who was executed for subversive activities in 1943, nine months after the birth, in prison, of her first child.Liv Lisa Fries gives a "compelling" performance as a young woman who was an accidental revolutionar…

From Hilde, With Love

Berlin, 1942: When heavily pregnant Hilde (Babylon Berlin star Liv Lisa Fries) is detained by the Gestapo, she denies accusations that she aided her lover, Hans (Johannes Hegemann), in transcribing coded transmissions from Moscow. But it seems there’s more evidence against her than she anticipated, given that Hans and many other activists involved in their group, the Red Orchestra, have also been arrested. As Hilde awaits her fate, she reminisce…