STELLA. EIN LEBEN / STELLA. A LIFE

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 tragedy. Through a betrayal, she is caught by the Gestapo, tortured and becomes a “grabber“: to save herself and her parents from deportation to Auschwitz, Stella begins to systematically betray other Jews. From September 1943 until the end of the war, Stella Goldschlag delivered hundreds of fellow Jews to the Gestapo.

KILIJAN RIDOF / KILIAN RIEDHOF

Kilian Riedhof (1971) is a German director and writer, known first time for Homevideo (2011) and his first feature film Back on Track (2013). In his work, Riedhof repeatedly addresses critical social and political issues. His films received several prestigious awards. In 2020 Riedhof shot the feature project You Will Not Have My Hate based on the non-fiction book by journalist Antoine Leiris, who lost his wife in the Bataclan attack in Paris. Past years he completed two features films: You Will Not Have My Hate (2022) and Stella. A life (2023).

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Aesthetically accomplished and well-paced, Stella. A Life is a film whose bubbly appearance conceals some very real cruelty.

Giorgia Del Don, Cineuropa