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7.4Stationed 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.
Released: 1959-03-2392 minDir: Konrad WolfDrama, War
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Cast
- Sasha Krusharska as Ruth
- 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
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
484 votes
- Year
- 1959
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 699718
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- publication date
- 1959-01-01
- title
- Sterne
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Categories
1950s Bulgarian-language films1959 films1959 German films1959 German-language films1959 multilingual filmsBabelsberg Studio filmsBulgarian black-and-white filmsBulgarian multilingual filmsBulgarian World War II filmsCulture articles needing translation from German WikipediaEast German filmsFilms directed by Konrad WolfFilms shot in BulgariaGerman black-and-white filmsGerman multilingual filmsGerman World War II filmsHolocaust filmsJudaeo-Spanish-language filmsJury Prize (Cannes Film Festival) winnersTemplate film date with 2 release dates