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| Juliet Stevenson | ... | ||
| Jodhi May | ... | ||
| Lucy Boynton | ... | ||
| Karin Bertling | ... |
Traudi
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| Stanley Weber | ... |
Serge
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| Éva Magyar | ... |
Eva
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| Abhin Galeya | ... |
Chris
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Lioba de Graaff | ... |
Young Helga
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| Elizabeth Webster | ... |
Dani
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| Simona Hughes | ... |
Fraulein Adler
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Lou Rhodes | ... |
Nightclub Singer
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Justin Butcher | ... |
Ralph
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Justin Smalley | ... |
Barman in Jazz Club
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| Andrew Murton | ... |
Drunk Man
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Elena Platon | ... |
Serge's Ex
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Let Me Go is a film about mothers and daughters, it is about ghosts from the past and the impact they leave on the present. Developed from Helga Schneider's true life story, Let Me Go explores the effect on Helga's life of being abandoned by her mother, Traudi in 1941 when she was just four years old. The film is set in the year 2000 following not only Helga and Traudi's journeys but the next two generations and how Beth, Helga's daughter and Emily her granddaughter are confronted with the long-term effects of Traudi's leaving. When Helga receives a letter telling her that Traudi is close to death, it is Emily with whom Helga shares the truth. Emily volunteers to accompany her to Vienna to meet the great-grandmother she thought was dead, and experience the unraveling of the darkest of family secrets. Written by Polly Steele
Polly Steele does a wonderful job of exploring the characters, their relationships with each other and the way each generation deals with the past and, without giving too much away, Helga's story gives a very different perspective of the impact of WWII.
A well written, directed and shot film with an excellent soundtrack that almost becomes another character, and definitely worth seeing.