Konrad Wolf
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Konrad Wolf was an East German film director. He was the son of writer, doctor and diplomat Friedrich Wolf, and the younger brother of Stasi spymaster Markus Wolf. "Koni" was his nickname.
Friedrich Wolf with his wife Else and their sons Markus (left) and Konrad (right), 1926
Konrad Wolf addressing NVA soldiers in 1981, under the motto Kunst ist Waffe ("art is weapon", a quote from his father Friedrich Wolf).
Grave in Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde.
Stars (film)
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Stars is a 1959 film directed by Konrad Wolf. It tells the story of a Wehrmacht sergeant who falls in love with a Greek Jewish girl while overseeing Jewish prisoners in Bulgaria prior to their transfe
Konrad Wolf
…where he studied at VGIK and was perplexed about whether he should be German or Russian and then live in Germany or the Soviet Union. His 1959 film Sterne (German: Stars) won the Special Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. In 1961, his film Professor Mamlock was entered into the 2nd Moscow…
Stars Film Poster