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
61 years ago
External Links
IMDb logo
Scroll to Crew

Cast

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

Crew

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