Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – Stella. A Life. (Virtual)

A German Jewish jazz singer in Nazi Berlin, coerced into becoming a Gestapo informant, tragically betrays her own people to survive and save her family. Stella Goldschlag’s dreams shatter when she and her parents, fleeing persecution, are captured. Facing torture and deportation to Auschwitz, she confronts a dire choice: turn in her fellow Jews or face a grim fate. As an informant, she systematically reveals Jews in hiding, leading to a maelstrom of guilt and isolation, and dire life consequences. Drawn from true events, Paula Beer’s chilling performance as a complex femme fatale, embodying both victim and perpetrator, probes the depths of morality and self-preservation in desperate times.