title: Hilde (film)
text: # 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.
  
  