East German Cinema and the Holocaust: Konrad Wolf 100 - Pay as you can
Sterne / Stars, Konrad Wolf, 1959. In German with English subtitles.
Bulgaria 1943. Wehrmacht sergeant Walter is stationed in a small city and supervises civilian Bulgarian workers at a car repair shop. Not far away, Greek Jews are housed in a camp for a few days. They are to be deported to Auschwitz. He meets the Jewish woman Ruth, who asks him for help for a pregnant woman through the barbed wire. Walter gets closer to Ruth, has conversations with her about hope and humanity, and develops feelings for her.
After the film there will be a Q+A with Sean Allan (St Andrews) and Elizabeth Ward (University of Leipzig and author of East German Film and the Holocaust).