Hilde (film)
# Hilde (film)

Hilde is a 2009 German biographical film directed by Kai Wessel and starring Heike Makatsch, Dan Stevens and Monica Bleibtreu. 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.

