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Wikipedia article




'Hilde' is a 2009 German biographical film directed by Kai Wessel

and starring Heike Makatsch, Dan Stevens and Monica Bleibtreu.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023010541/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/854878 BFI.org] It depicts the life of the German actress Hildegard Knef.

Plot



In 1966 Hildegard Knef returns to Germany. While she prepares for a concert she thinks back to the beginnings of her career. Flashbacks show how she became an actress and then started a second career as a singer.

Cast



*Heike Makatsch: Hildegard Knef

*Dan Stevens: David Cameron

*Monica Bleibtreu: Else Bongers

*Hanns Zischler: Erich Pommer

*Johanna Gastdorf: Frieda Knef

*Trystan Wyn Puetter: Kurt Hirsch

*Michael Gwisdek: grandfather

*Roger Cicero: Ricci Blum

*Anian Zollner: Ewald von Demandowsky

*Sylvester Groth: Boleslaw Barlog

*Fritz Roth: step-father

*Hary Prinz: Willi Forst

*Jeroen Willems: Anatole Litvak

*Stanley Townsend: David O. Selznick

Reception



Kirk Honeycutt's wrote "Hilde" was an "outstanding biopic about Hildegard Knef with a captivating performance" by Heike Makatsch but also felt the screenplay was "at times superficial". Variety's Derek Elley attested Heike Makatsch a "remarkably cohesive performance" which was true to each "physical mannerism" of Hildegard Knef. "Easy on the eyes but rarely going more than skin-deep" was his roundup.

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