Project Detail

Let Me Go

Synopsis

Based on the true-life story of Helga Schneider who was abandoned by her mother in 1941 when she was only four years old. Helga’s mother had gone to join the Nazi SS where she underwent special training to qualify as a concentration camp guard in Auschwitz. The film is set in the year 2000, following not only Helga and her mother’s journeys but the next two generations of their family and the suffering they endure following revelations of long held secrets around the horrific events that took place over 70 years ago.

Details

Year
2017
Type of film
Features
Running time
104 mins
Format
Digital (Arri Alexa Camera)
Director
Polly Steele
Producer
Lizzie Pickering, David Broder
Executive Producer
Rupert Labrum, Georges Tsitos
Editor
Daniel Goddard
Screenwriter
Polly Steele
Director of Photography
Michael Wood
Production Designer
Alexandra Walker
Sound
Dylan Voigt
Music
Philip Selway
Principal cast
Juliet Stevenson, Jodhi May, Lucy Boynton, Stanley Weber
Film Images
© Andrew Ogilvy
Trailer Password
evofilmsuk

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

In Trust Films

Let Me Go Ltd
Lizzie Pickering

Sales Company

Evolutionary Films

Diane Shorthouse
Three Mills Studio
Three Mills Lane
London
E3 3DU

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