Stella: A Life

2023 [GERMAN]

Biography / Drama / History / War

4
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 848 848

berlin, germany based on novel or book world war ii based on true story judaism betrayal

Plot summary

Stella, 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 she is forced to go into hiding with her parents in 1944, her life turns into a culpable tragedy.

Director

Kilian Riedhof Photo
Kilian Riedhof

Top cast

Katja Riemann Photo
Katja Riemann as Toni Goldschlag
Damian Hardung Photo
Damian Hardung as Manfred Kübler
Katja Bürkle Photo
Katja Bürkle as Bertha Weiss
Steffen Münster Photo
Steffen Münster as Marwilsky
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.09 GB
1280*536
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
24 fps
2 hr 0 min
Seeds 6
2.23 GB
1920*804
German 5.1
NR
Subtitles de  
24 fps
2 hr 0 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 5 / 10

A shocking biographical drama about a whistleblower dealing with a Jewish woman's collaboration with the Nazis.

Reviewed by GaryDennison 4 / 10

A waste of talent

I have been an admirer of Paula Beer since seeing her in "Frantz" and "Undine". I have no doubt that she would be more than capable of portraying the complexities of a woman like Stella Goldschlag, to the point where, while not accepting the decisions she made, one might at least be able to understand the reasons that she made them. That belief remains true, but sadly, Kilian Riedhof's film is not her chance. While technically capable, and with superior attention to period detail, "Stella: A Life" - particularly in its last two thirds - fails in the prime area of narrative cinema: "Storytelling". Indicators of Stella's motivations are lost in what becomes a frustrating series of virtual jump cuts, and the audience is left to fill in the gaps to try and understand what has not been shown. The protagonist's evolution from "victim" to "villain" seems to have been left in the cutting room floor, and all that remains of Beer's performance is a slide show, rather than a fully developed characterisation. It is disappointing to see this wasted opportunity discuss a (still) largely unexamined aspect of such a pivotal epoch of social history.
Reviewed by mattiasflgrtll6 9 / 10

Who do you become when you try to survive?

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