OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2024 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL (In Competition)

Featuring a captivating central performance from Babylon Berlin star Liv Lisa Fries, the hugely affecting new historical drama from multi award-winning director Andreas Dresen depicts the remarkable true story of a young German woman drawn into the anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II.

Berlin, 1942. The inconspicuous Hilde gradually finds her place in the resistance group which will come to be known as the “Red Orchestra”. Hilde falls in love with Hans, flourishes and, in spite of the constant danger to her life, is happy for a summer. When the Gestapo arrest members of the group in the autumn, the pregnant Hilde is among their number. In prison, she develops unexpected strength, giving birth to her son and keeping the memory of her beloved husband alive.

” Top drawer humanist cinema. Lush, evocative and affecting.” – The Hollywood Reporter

” Moving and compelling. Though set almost 80 years ago, the themes explored seem destined to remain eternally urgent and relevant.” - Variety