Byre World 25/26:

East German Cinema and the Holocaust

Tuesday 27 January 2026

Konrad Wolf 100 with Professor Seán Allan

6.00pm – Pay What You Can £6.00 / £4.00

Join us for a screening of Konrad Wolf’s Sterne / Stars (PG)

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 Seán Allan (St Andrews) and Elizabeth Ward (University of Leipzig and author of East German Film and the Holocaust).

Dir: Konrad Wolf | 1959 I Germany, Bulgaria | PG | 1h 33m

Shown in German with English subtitles

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