[[caption-width-right:250:BoyMeetsGirl - after a fashion]]
English title, ''Stars''. This 1959 [[EastGermany East German]]
film set in a small Bulgarian village during WorldWarII concerns
the tentative and doomed relationship between
"[[KnownOnlyByTheirNickname Walter]]", a conscience-stricken
German corporal, and Ruth, a Greek Jew imprisoned in the nearby
concentration camp.  Needless to say, [[ForegoneConclusion it
doesn't end well]].  !!This film contains examples of:  *
AlmostKiss: Twice. First time they both break it off, and the
second time, their lips touch, but Ruth quickly pulls away,
saying "It can not be." * DespairSpeech: Walter is fond of
these. * DownerEnding * FalseReassurance * FauxAffablyEvil: We
first see Kurt coming to the aid of a tired Jewish woman - by
gently lifting her child onto a cattle car for her. *
HandicappedBadass: Walter is limping. * HowWeGotHere: The
narration starts [[spoiler: as we see Ruth being deported and
Walter missing her train]]. * ILied: Kurt lies [[spoiler: about