Stevenson stars in this drama adapted from the memoir of a German woman who tracked down her chillingly unrepentant mother – a former guard in Auschwitz
Juliet Stevenson gives a typically excellent performance of bottled up shame and guilt as a woman haunted by the sins of her mother in this low-budget British drama. It’s loosely inspired by the true story of Helga Schneider, whose mother Traudi abandoned her family in 1941 to work as a guard in Auschwitz.
In real life, Helga settled in Italy; in the film she travels from London to Vienna with her granddaughter for a deathbed confrontation with unrepentant Traudi (chillingly played by Karin Bertling). The film is a little rough around the edges and occasionally lacks subtlety, but there is a powerful scene in which Traudi begs her great-granddaughter to try on her old SS uniform, which she has kept like a treasured wedding dress...
Juliet Stevenson gives a typically excellent performance of bottled up shame and guilt as a woman haunted by the sins of her mother in this low-budget British drama. It’s loosely inspired by the true story of Helga Schneider, whose mother Traudi abandoned her family in 1941 to work as a guard in Auschwitz.
In real life, Helga settled in Italy; in the film she travels from London to Vienna with her granddaughter for a deathbed confrontation with unrepentant Traudi (chillingly played by Karin Bertling). The film is a little rough around the edges and occasionally lacks subtlety, but there is a powerful scene in which Traudi begs her great-granddaughter to try on her old SS uniform, which she has kept like a treasured wedding dress...
- 9/14/2017
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Swedish horror film "Sensoria" directed by Christian Hallman, while written by Christian Hallman and Måns F.G. Thunberg, is finally to hit Swedish cinemas for a limited release after having toured the world on various film festivals. The film starts Lanna Ohlsson in the lead, supported by Alida Morberg, Rafael Pettersson, Boel Larsson, Karin Bertling, Harald Leander, Linnea Pihl and many others. Caroline, a woman in her late thirties, has lost everything and is searching for a new beginning. She moves into an old apartment and starts to realize that she is not as alone as she thought she was. Just as she is searching for something new, something old is searching for her. Among the very impressive list of festivals "Sensoria" has been screened is...
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- 9/6/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Author: Zehra Phelan
The trailer for the true-life story Let Me Go, starring acclaimed actress Juliet Stevenson has been released and it’s a tough journey of unearthing buried family secrets.
Let Me Go is based on the true-life story of Helga Schneider who was abandoned by her mother in 1941 when she was only four years old. The film is set in the year 2000, following not only Helga and her mother’s journeys but the next two generations and how they suffer from the trauma created over 70 years ago.
Written and Directed by Polly Steele, Let Me Go stars Juliet Stevenson, Jodhi May, Lucy Boynton and Karin Bertling.
Let Me Go is released in selected UK cinemas and on digital download from 15th September
Let Me Go Official Synopsis
Let Me Go’ is a film about mothers and daughters, about trans-generational family relationships, about ghosts from the past and the...
The trailer for the true-life story Let Me Go, starring acclaimed actress Juliet Stevenson has been released and it’s a tough journey of unearthing buried family secrets.
Let Me Go is based on the true-life story of Helga Schneider who was abandoned by her mother in 1941 when she was only four years old. The film is set in the year 2000, following not only Helga and her mother’s journeys but the next two generations and how they suffer from the trauma created over 70 years ago.
Written and Directed by Polly Steele, Let Me Go stars Juliet Stevenson, Jodhi May, Lucy Boynton and Karin Bertling.
Let Me Go is released in selected UK cinemas and on digital download from 15th September
Let Me Go Official Synopsis
Let Me Go’ is a film about mothers and daughters, about trans-generational family relationships, about ghosts from the past and the...
- 7/31/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nazi legacy drama based on Helga Schneider’s memoirs stars Juliet Stevenson.
London-based production and sales outfit Evolutionary Films has closed a deal with Rialto Distribution for Australia and New Zealand theatrical rights to director Polly Steele’s drama Let Me Go, based on Helga Schneider’s best-selling memoirs.
Featuring the first original film score from Radiohead drummer Philip Selway, the film stars four-time BAFTA-nominated actress Juliet Stevenson (Bend It Like Beckham) [pictured], Jodhi May (Last of the Mohicans), Lucy Boynton (Sing Street), Karin Bertling (The Bridge) and Stanley Weber (The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life).
After being abandoned in 1941 at four years-old so that her mother can join the Nazi SS as a concentration camp guard in Auschwitz, Let Me Go follows Schneider returning to face her mother sixty years later. The film also examines the next generations of the family and the suffering they endure following revelations of these long held secrets surrounding...
London-based production and sales outfit Evolutionary Films has closed a deal with Rialto Distribution for Australia and New Zealand theatrical rights to director Polly Steele’s drama Let Me Go, based on Helga Schneider’s best-selling memoirs.
Featuring the first original film score from Radiohead drummer Philip Selway, the film stars four-time BAFTA-nominated actress Juliet Stevenson (Bend It Like Beckham) [pictured], Jodhi May (Last of the Mohicans), Lucy Boynton (Sing Street), Karin Bertling (The Bridge) and Stanley Weber (The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life).
After being abandoned in 1941 at four years-old so that her mother can join the Nazi SS as a concentration camp guard in Auschwitz, Let Me Go follows Schneider returning to face her mother sixty years later. The film also examines the next generations of the family and the suffering they endure following revelations of these long held secrets surrounding...
- 11/7/2016
- ScreenDaily
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