Stella. A Life.
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Overview
Stella, a young German Jew, grows up in Berlin during the rule of the Nazi regime. She dreams of a career as a jazz singer despite all the repressive measures. After she is forced to go into hiding with her parents in February 1943, her life turns into a culpable tragedy. Through a betrayal, she is caught by the Gestapo, tortured and becomes a “grabber” to save herself ...
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Review
This is a cinematic adaptation about the true story of Stella Goldschlag, who turned over hundreds of fellow Jewish people during World War II. In Berlin, 1940, 18-year-old Stella is obsessed with American Jazz, which the Nazis have banned, and dreams of singing onstage in America. But Stella has even bigger problem than the fact that the Nazis have banned the music she loves; she is Jewish. While Stella and her parents are working in labor camps in a weapons factory, they are faced with the possibility of being dragged into a concentration camp. To escape this fate, Stella begins to act as an informant to the Gestapo to imprison Jews. Despite these actions, Stella’s parents are taken to Auschwitz and killed, while Stella is imprisoned by the allied forces after the war is over. Is Stella a victim or a perpetrator? Paula Beer, who made a name for herself through director François Ozon’s Frantz (2016), shines in the multi-layered character of Stella. (CHUN Jinsu)
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Credit
- DirectorKilian RIEDHOF
- ProducerGünther RUSS
- ScreenplayMarc BLÖBAUM, Jan BRAREN, Kilian RIEDHOF
- CinematographyBenedict NEUENFELS
- GafferNils TAMMEN
- Production DesignAlbrecht KONRAD
- MusicPeter HINDERTHÜR
- EditorAndrea MERTENS
- SoundFrank HEIDBRINK
- CastPaula BEER, Jannis NIEWÖHNER
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Director
Kilian RIEDHOF
Kilian Riedhof started his career as a director and screenwriter at the Hamburg Media School. One of his first major successes was the TV drama Home Video.
