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‘From Hilde, With Love’ Review: Andreas Dresen Returns With an Affecting Romance Set in 1942 Germany


Andreas Dresen's 'From Hilde, With Love' is a moving drama based on the lives of real members of the Red Orchestra anti-Nazi group.

Hilde’s arresting officer is a polite young man who asks the pregnant woman’s permission to place his hand on her bump, which he calls “a miracle”, before telling her mildly that his wife is expecting too. The group is essentially a relatable and well-meaning bunch of attractive young people, who hang out in parks in the summer, smoking and sitting around a fire, some dabbling in polyamory, most occupied by their own romantic lives to a similar extent that they are engaged with activism. Jörg Hauschild does a good job balancing the edit between these two kinds of scene, with the prison narrative proceeding in a linear fashion to its grim conclusion, while the vignettes from prior to Hilde’s arrest jump forwards and backwards in time.

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