Stars

Stars

92 mins | Drama, War | March 27, 1959

Stationed in a secluded Bulgarian village in 1943, Walter – a German Wehrmacht sergeant and artist – lives in almost idyllic distance from the war. Then a transit camp is set up for Jews arriving from Greece. When Ruth, one of the internees, asks Walter to help a pregnant woman, the two form an unlikely bond.

Stars

92 mins | Drama, War | March 27, 1959

Stars
Stationed in a secluded Bulgarian village in 1943, Walter – a German Wehrmacht sergeant and artist – lives in almost idyllic distance from the war. Then a transit camp is set up for Jews arriving from Greece. When Ruth, one of the internees, asks Walter to help a pregnant woman, the two form an unlikely bond.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers DEFA, Boyana Film
Original title Sterne
Directors Michael Englberger, Rangel Vulchanov, Zako Heskiya, Konrad Wolf
Writers Angel Vagenshtain

Cast

Jürgen Frohriep

as Unteroffizier Walter

Erik S. Klein

as Kurt

Stefan Pejchev

as Bai Petko

Georgi Naumov

as Blashe

Ivan Kondov

as Ruth's father

Milka Tuykova

as Partisan

Shtilyan Kunev

as Doctor

Naicho Petrov

as Police Govenor

Elena Hranova

as Starata evreyka

Leo Conforti

as Nervous jewish man

Grigor Vachkov

as Montyor v rabotilnitzata

Yuriy Yakovlev

as German officer

Itzhak Finzi

as Jewish Man