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Stjenka Rasin
Directed by Alexandre Volkoff
Written by Kurt Heynicke
Alf Teichs
Produced by Fred Lyssa
Vahayn Badal
Starring Wera Engels
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Heinrich George
Cinematography Franz Weihmayr
Edited by Munni Obal
Music by Rudolf Perak
Production
company
Badal-Film
Distributed by Terra Film
Release date
  • 1 May 1936 (1936-05-01)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

Stjenka Rasin is a 1936 German historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Wera Engels, Hans Adalbert Schlettow and Heinrich George. [1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. [2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Alexander Mügge. It is also known by the alternative title Wolga, Wolga.

Synopsis

The plot revolves around the Cossack Stenka Razin who led a peasant uprising against the Tsarist authorities in seventeenth century Russia.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Waldman p.245
  2. ^ Klaus p.202

Bibliography

  • Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
  • Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.

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