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Stars
GERMANY · 1959

Stars

Konrad Wolf
Holocaust German-Jewish relations Moral responsibility Unlikely friendship War and humanity
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Synopsis

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.

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