Stars

Sterne, feature film, 1959

DIRECTED BY: Konrad Wolf

Stars

CAST:
Sasha Krusharska (Ruth),
Jürgen Frohriep (Walter),
Erik S. Klein (Kurt),
Stefan Pejchev (Bai Petko),
Georgi Naumov (Blashe)

SCRIPT:
Angel Vagenshtain

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Werner Bergmann

Synopsis:
This is a story about forbidden love between a Nazi officer and a young Jewish girl during WW II. In 1943, a group of German soldiers accompanying Jews on their way to a concentration camp stop in a small Bulgarian town. German officer Walter unexpectedly falls in love with Ruth, a Jewish girl who is being deported. Questioning his role in the war, Walter tries to organize Ruth’s escape.

16 mm, b/w, 88 min