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Information
- A.k.a.
- Stars
- Year
- 1959
- Runtime
- 91 min.
- Director
- Konrad Wolf
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Rating *
- 7.5
- Votes *
- 236
- Checks
- 178
- Favs
- 24
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 13.5% (1:7)
- Favs/dislikes
- 12:1
Top comments
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Armoreska
This and Undertan must be the most officially listed GDR movies with 3 lists. 7 years 6 months ago -
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monty
Vital to understanding both the film’s narrative and its production history is the fact that the Bulgarians demanded their Parliament and King defy the German order to deport the Bulgarian Jews, thereby saving nearly 50,000 people, despite the German occupation.
Stars’ distribution history is a testament to Cold War politics. The first DEFA/Bulgarian co-production, it received prizes in Edinburgh and Vienna, and won the Special Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes film festival but had to be billed as Bulgarian because of the Hallstein Doctrine—a measure used by Bonn to deny the status of the GDR as an independent state by simply not recognizing its existence. 11 years 12 months ago
Friends
Login to see which of your friends have seen this movie!In 4 official lists
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This movie ranks #10 in Cannes Film Festival - Jury Prize
Cannes Film Festival - J…
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This movie ranks #30 in ICM Forum's 500<400
ICM Forum's 500<400
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This movie ranks #36 in Doubling the Canon
Doubling the Canon
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This movie ranks #75 in Kinemathekverbund's The 100 Most Important German Films
Kinemathekverbund's The …
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