Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Filming locations
Filmed in Bulgaria
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Music
Music by Simeon Pironkov
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Werner Bergmann
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Angel VagenshtainWriter
- Original title
- Sterne
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 23, 1959
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Bulgaria, East Germany
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Cast
Sasha KrusharskaRuth
Jürgen FrohriepUnteroffizier Walter
Erik S. KleinKurt
Stefan PejchevBai Petko
Georgi NaumovBlashe
Ivan KondovRuth's father
Milka TuykovaPartisan- Shtilyan KunevDoctor
Naicho PetrovPolice Govenor- Elena HranovaStarata evreyka
Leo ConfortiNervous jewish man
Grigor VachkovMontyor v rabotilnitzata
Yuriy YakovlevGerman officer
Itzhak FinziJewish Man
Hans Fiebrandt
Hannjo Hasse
Waltraut KrammMuzzi's Friend- Albert Zahn
- Georgi Banchev
- Kancho Boshnakov
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