Wassa Schelesnowa

Wassa Schelesnowa, a manipulative matriarch who will stop at nothing to keep her business afloat and her family together. Infanticide, forgery, murder, blackmail, adultery, exile, and plain old-fashioned greed are the order of the day as Wassa's colorful clan tries to scheme its way out of the house and into financial independence.

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

113 minutes

Year:

1963

Director:

Egon Monk

Cast:
Therese Giehse

Wassa Schelesnowa

Josef Dahmen

Sergej Schelesnow

Ingmar Zeisberg

Rachel Topas

Hanne Hiob

Natalja

Vera Tschechowa

Lisa

Crew:
Egon Monk

Director

Maxim Gorky

Writer

Egon Monk

Adaptation

Ludwig Berger

Cinematography