Stella. A Life.

Stella. A Life.
German	Stella. Ein Leben.
Directed by	Kilian Riedhof
Written by	Marc Blöbaum Jan Braren Kilian Riedhof
Produced by	Michael Lehmann Katrin Goetter Ira Wysocki
Starring	Paula Beer Jannis Niewöhner Katja Riemann
Cinematography	Benedict Neuenfels
Edited by	Andrea Mertens
Music by	Peter Hinderthür
Production company	Letterbox Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Majestic Filmverleih
Release dates	September 2023 (2023-09)(Zurich Film Festival) 25 January 2024 (2024-01-25)(Germany)
Running time	121 minutes
Countries	Germany Austria Switzerland United Kingdom
Language	German

Stella. A Life. (German : Stella. Ein Leben.) is a 2023 German Biographical drama film. This is based on the true story of Stella Goldschlag, who delivered hundreds of fellow Jews to the Gestapo from September 1943 until the end of the war. ^[1] Paula Beer plays Stella. ^{[2] [3]}

The film premiered at the 2023 Zurich Film Festival. ^[4] It went on to be shortlisted as the German submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards. ^{[5] [6]}

Plot

In 1940 Berlin, Stella Goldschlag is a vivacious, talented young woman in Nazi Berlin working as a Jazz singer despite the repressive climate and the risk of passing as a non-Jew.

When tides turn and she is forced into hiding with her parents, Stella begins working with a passport forger. Exposed and captured by the Gestapo, she faces the most dire and deadly of choices: face deportation to Auschwitz for herself and her parents or become an informant for the Gestapo identifying Jews hiding in Berlin. After the war, Stella is put on trial.

Cast

• Paula Beer as Stella Goldschlag
• Jannis Niewöhner as Rolf Isaaksohn
• Katja Riemann as Toni Goldschlag
• Lukas Miko as Gerhard Goldschlag
• Bekim Latifi as Aaron Salomon
• Damian Hardung as Manfred Kübler
• Joel Basman as Peter
• Maeve Metelka as Inge
• Julia Anna Grob as Hansi Meyer
• Rony Herman as Heinz Gottschalk
• Max Krause as Günther Abrahamson
• Joshua Seelenbinder as Cioma Schönhaus
• Jeanette Spassova as Ms. Rotholz

References

1. "Historiendrama "Stella. Ein Leben.": Vom Opfer zur Täterin" (in German). NDR. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
2. Lasky, Shlomit (15 January 2024). "Stella Goldschlag: A Jewish Gestapo agent in Nazi Berlin". Deutsche Welle.
3. Meza, Ed (28 September 2023). "'Stella. A Life.' Director Kilian Riedhof Discusses Modern Aspects of a Nazi Informant". Variety.
4. "Global Screen".
5. "Thirteen German films submitted for the 97th Oscar® Competition in the category "Best International Feature Film"". German Films. August 13, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
6. "MFG-geförderte Filme "Führer und Verführer" und "Stella. Ein Leben." als deutsche Vorschläge für die "Oscar"-Verleihung eingereicht" (in German). Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg. 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2024-08-14.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Stella: A Life at IMDb
• Stella. Ein Leben. - filmportal.de (in German)