May Stars

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| native_name = {{langx|ru|Майские звезды}}

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| director = Stanislav Rostotsky

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| writer = Ludvík Aškenazy

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| music = Kirill Molchanov

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| released = {{Film date|1959}}

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| runtime = 95 minute

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Czech

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May Stars ({{langx|ru|Майские звезды}}, {{langx|cs|Májové hvězdy}}) is a 1959 Soviet-Czechoslovak war film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky.[https://na-zapade-mos.ru/1017080-pioner-besplatno-pokazhet-filmy-o-vojne.html «Пионер» бесплатно покажет фильмы о войне][https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/news/y2018/4-27/14922/ «ПИОНЕР» ОТКРЫВАЕТ ДВЕРИ ЛЕТУ]

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.[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/46509/ Майские звезды]

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[https://topspb.tv/news/2018/02/8/zhizn-v-kadre-90-letiyu-vyacheslava-tihonova-posvyashaetsya/ Жизнь в кадре: со дня рождения Вячеслава Тихонова исполнилось 90 лет][https://ria.ru/20180208/1514176510.html Моряк, чекист и просто Штирлиц: лучшие военные роли Вячеслава Тихонова] as Por. Rukavickin
Mikhail Pugovkin as Staršina
Miloš Nedbal as Novák[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053036/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Майские звезды (1959) Full Cast & Crew]