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Stella: A Life

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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 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.

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Marcelo Stiletano La Nación (Argentina) With expressiveness and commitment, especially in her gaze, Paula Beer takes on the intricate and difficult questions about her character that the film preferred not to fully expose. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Oct 1, 2024 Full Review Ezequiel Boetti Otroscines.com While predictable and at times repetitive, Stella's ambiguity makes Riedhof's film distance itself from the crassest conventions of academic cinema... [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Sep 26, 2024 Full Review Juan Pando Fotogramas Told with fluidity, impeccable artistic direction and photography, the plot advances along the path of The Forger (2022), alternating, with some ups and downs, action, suspense and sex. The horror wrapped in cellophane. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Mar 19, 2024 Full Review Carlos Marañón Cinemanía (Spain) Horror and survival amidst notes of jazz in Nazi Germany. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Mar 15, 2024 Full Review Steve Murray ArtsATL Directed by Kilian Riedhof, it’s a movie less to enjoy than to be haunted by. Feb 16, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis 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 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.
Director
Kilian Riedhof
Screenwriter
Marc Blöbaum
Production Co
Letterbox Filmproduktion
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
German
Runtime
2h 1m