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
Country	Germany
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

• Wera Engels as Prinzessin Dolgoruki
• Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Stjenka Rasin
• Heinrich George as Fürst Dolgoruki
• Anton Pointner as Fürst Prosorowsky
• Rudolf Platte as Filka
• Olaf Bach as Wasska
• Philipp Manning as Zar Alexey Michailowitsch
• Wolfgang Keppler as Jegorka
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Borodin
• Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Nikolka

References

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.

External links

• Stjenka Rasin at IMDb

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