May Stars

May Stars (Russian: Майские звезды, romanized: Mayskiye zvezdy, Czech: Májové hvězdy) is a 1959 Soviet-Czechoslovak war film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky.^[1][2]

May Stars
Russian: Майские звезды
Directed by	Stanislav Rostotsky
Written by	Ludvík Aškenazy
Starring	Aleksandr Khanov Misa Staninec Jana Dítětová Ladislav Pešek Jana Brejchová
Cinematography	Václav Hunka Vyacheslav Shumskiy
Edited by	Yevgeniya Abdirkina Jaromír Janáček
Music by	Kirill Molchanov
Release date	1959 (1959)
Running time	95 minute
Countries	Soviet Union Czechoslovakia
Languages	Russian Czech

Plot

The film consists of four vignettes depicting life in post-war Prague in May 1945. In the first story, a Soviet general, visiting a random Czech home, encounters a young boy and is reminded of the family he lost during the siege of Leningrad. In the second, a sapper searching for chalk at a local school finds himself falling in love with the schoolteacher. The third story follows a Prague resident who, upon returning from Auschwitz, discovers his apartment occupied by a Sudeten German who has been shooting at passersby, prompting intervention by Soviet tank crews. In the final vignette, a Soviet sergeant, boarding a city tram, recalls his pre-war profession and asks to take the conductor's position for a moment.^[3]

Cast

• Aleksandr Khanov as Generál
• Míša Staninec as Dušan
• Jana Dítětová as Matka
• Ladislav Pešek as Řídící učitel
• Jana Brejchová as Učitelka Jana
• Vyacheslav Tikhonov^[4][5] as Por. Rukavickin
• Mikhail Pugovkin as Staršina
• Miloš Nedbal as Novák^[6]