An East German-Bulgarian co-production, Stars is Wolf’s best known film, one whose enthusiastic response at Cannes led to a special Jury Prize. The film, written by a Bulgarian Jew, tells the story of a German Soldier who falls in love with a young Jewish girl in 1943 Bulgaria. As the soldier begins to realize the fate that awaits the woman, he makes the difficult decision to try to save her. Wolf manages to tell this haunting tale without falling prey to melodramatic cliches. Instead, he allows the weight of the story and the film’s realistic imagery to convey the period’s horror.