Stjenka Rasin

{{short description|1936 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Stjenka Rasin | image =File:Stjenka Rasin.jpg | caption = | director = [[Alexandre Volkoff (actor)|Alexandre Volkoff]] | producer = [[Fred Lyssa]] <br> Vahayn Badal | based_on = | writer = [[Kurt Heynicke]] <br> [[Alf Teichs]] | narrator = | starring =[[Wera Engels]] <br> [[Hans Adalbert Schlettow]] <br> [[Heinrich George]] | music = [[Rudolf Perak]] | cinematography = [[Franz Weihmayr]] | editing = [[Munni Obal]] | studio = Badal-Film | distributor = [[Terra Film]] | released ={{Film date|1936|05|01|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Stjenka Rasin''''' is a 1936 German [[historical film|historical]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Alexandre Volkoff (actor)|Alexandre Volkoff]] and starring [[Wera Engels]], [[Hans Adalbert Schlettow]] and [[Heinrich George]].<ref>Waldman p.245</ref> It was shot at the [[Babelsberg Studios]] in [[Berlin]].<ref>Klaus p.202</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[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 leads a [[peasant]] uprising against the [[Tsarist]] authorities in [[seventeenth century]] [[Russian Empire|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 == {{reflist}}

== 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 == * {{IMDb title|0028309}}

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