Poster of Wassa Schelesnowa

Wassa Schelesnowa

Plot: 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
Release Date: Tuesday, April 2 1963
62 years ago
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Portrait of Therese GiehseTherese Giehse. Therese Giehse was 65 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Wassa Schelesnowa'.
Birthday: Sun, Mar 06 1898 –
Died: Mon, Mar 03 1975
Portrait of Josef DahmenJosef Dahmen. Josef Dahmen was 59 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Sergej Schelesnow'.
Birthday: Fri, Aug 21 1903 –
Died: Fri, Jan 18 1985
Portrait of Ingmar ZeisbergIngmar Zeisberg. Ingmar Zeisberg was 30 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Rachel Topas'.
Birthday: Sat, Feb 25 1933 –
Died: Wed, Oct 12 2022
Portrait of Hanne HiobHanne Hiob. Hanne Hiob was 40 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Natalja'.
Birthday: Mon, Mar 12 1923 –
Died: Tue, Jun 23 2009
Portrait of Vera TschechowaVera Tschechowa. Vera Tschechowa was 22 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Lisa'.
Birthday: Mon, Jul 22 1940 –
Died: Wed, Apr 03 2024
Portrait of Andrea JonassonAndrea Jonasson. Andrea Jonasson was 20 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Marfa'.
Birthday: Mon, Jun 29 1942
Portrait of Fritz WagnerFritz Wagner. Fritz Wagner was 48 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Melnikov'.
Birthday: Fri, Mar 19 1915 –
Died: Tue, Jan 19 1982
Portrait of Angelika HurwiczAngelika Hurwicz. Angelika Hurwicz was 40 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Anna'.
Birthday: Sat, Apr 22 1922 –
Died: Fri, Nov 26 1999
Portrait of Hanns Ernst JägerHanns Ernst Jäger. Hanns Ernst Jäger was 53 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Prochor Chrapow'.
Birthday: Sat, Jan 01 1910 –
Died: Wed, Aug 15 1973

Crew

Portrait of Egon MonkEgon Monk. Egon Monk was 35 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Director, Adaptation'
Birthday: Wed, May 18 1927 –
Died: Wed, Feb 28 2007
Portrait of Maxim GorkyMaxim Gorky. Maxim Gorky would have been no older than 67 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Writer'
Birthday: Sun, Mar 28 1869 –
Died: Thu, Jun 18 1936
Portrait of Ludwig BergerLudwig Berger. Ludwig Berger was 71 in Wassa Schelesnowa as 'Cinematography'
Birthday: Wed, Jan 06 1892 –
Died: Sun, May 18 1969