May Stars

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May Stars (Russian: Майские звезды, romanized: Mayskiye zvezdy, Czech: Májové hvězdy) is a 1959 Soviet-Czechoslovak war film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. The film's director was WWII soldier and present during the events in Prague in 1945, so the film was largely based on his personal experiences. The film's romantic atmosphere is filled with the joy of the end of a cruel war, as well as the hopes and expectations brought by the coming of peace. The entire film, which consists of four short stories, permeated by the bright, lyrical mood of the approaching peace. Soviet troops enter the city. There is widespread joy among the residents of Prague: the war is over. A general (Aleksandr Khanov), who has not slept for three nights during the long journey to Prague, is travelling in a "Willys MB". His adjutant and driver resort to a ruse, faking a car breakdown to give the commander a chance to get a few hours of sleep in the nearest house. The general, who falls asleep immediately, is woken by a small Czech boy who has taken a liking to his papakha. It turns out that the general also had a family and children who died during the Siege of Leningrad.