Stars (film)

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Stars
Directed by Konrad Wolf
Written by Angel Vagenshtain
Starring Sasha Krusharska
Jürgen Frohriep
Release dates 23 March 1959 (Bulgaria)
27 March 1959 (East Germany)
Running time 92 minutes
Country East Germany
Bulgaria
Language German
Bulgarian
Ladino

Stars (German: Sterne) is a 1959 film directed by Konrad Wolf. It tells the story of a Nazi officer who falls in love with a Greek Jewish girl while escorting Jewish prisoners through Bulgaria to a concentration camp. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Sasha Krusharska - Ruth
  • Jürgen Frohriep - Walter
  • Erik S. Klein - Kurt
  • Stefan Pejchev - Bay Petko
  • Georgi Naumov - Blazhe
  • Ivan Kondov - Ruth's father
  • Milka Tuykova - The Female Partisan
  • Shtilyan Kunev - The Doctor
  • Naicho Petrov - The Police Chief
  • Elena Hranova - The Old Jewess
  • Leo Conforti - The Nervous Jew
  • Grigor Vachkov - A Fitter at the workshop
  • Yuriy Yakovlev - A German Officer
  • Itzhak Finzi - A Greek Jew
  • Hannjo Hasse - German officer

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Stars". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-15. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Mon Oncle
Special Jury Prize, Cannes
1959
Succeeded by
No award 1960
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)


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