May Stars

May Stars (Russian: Майские звезды, Czech: Májové hvězdy) is a 1959 Soviet-Czechoslovak war film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky.

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.