Léif Lëtzebuerger is the remarkable, untold story of an exiled Royal Duchess whose wartime BBC radio broadcasts gave the “hope of freedom” to the people of her tiny European nation – in the face of a hated enemy occupier. Our story is set during the Second World War; the film will use previously unseen archive footage, and exclusive eye-witness accounts.
Léif Lëtzebuerger explores the extraordinary bond between Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg and her people. As Hitler’s army invades in 1940, Charlotte and key government ministers flee across the French border, to set up a government-in-exile, based in London and North America. Luxembourgers who stay behind endure five bitter years of occupation at the hands of the Third Reich. Against criticism that she's abandoned her people, Charlotte uses the airwaves to broadcast propaganda messages, as the only real weapon at her disposal. She was the Mother of the country. But it was her government ministers, not Charlotte, who wrote the scripts for her radio broadcasts.
Produced in association with le centre national de l'audiovisuel
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