# Stjenka Rasin

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1936 film

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](/source/Historical_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Alexandre Volkoff](/source/Alexandre_Volkoff_(actor)) and starring [Wera Engels](/source/Wera_Engels), [Hans Adalbert Schlettow](/source/Hans_Adalbert_Schlettow) and [Heinrich George](/source/Heinrich_George).[1] It was shot at the [Babelsberg Studios](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin).[2] The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Gustav A. Knauer](/source/Gustav_A._Knauer) and [Alexander Mügge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_M%C3%BCgge&action=edit&redlink=1). It is also known by the [alternative title](/source/Alternative_title) ***Wolga, Wolga***.

## Synopsis

The plot revolves around the [Cossack](/source/Cossack) [Stenka Razin](/source/Stenka_Razin) who leads a [peasant](/source/Peasant) uprising against the [Tsarist](/source/Tsarist) authorities in [seventeenth century](/source/Seventeenth_century) [Russia](/source/Russian_Empire).

## Cast

- [Wera Engels](/source/Wera_Engels) as Prinzessin Dolgoruki

- [Hans Adalbert Schlettow](/source/Hans_Adalbert_Schlettow) as Stjenka Rasin

- [Heinrich George](/source/Heinrich_George) as Fürst Dolgoruki

- [Anton Pointner](/source/Anton_Pointner) as Fürst Prosorowsky

- [Rudolf Platte](/source/Rudolf_Platte) as Filka

- [Olaf Bach](/source/Olaf_Bach) as Wasska

- [Philipp Manning](/source/Philipp_Manning) as Zar Alexey Michailowitsch

- [Wolfgang Keppler](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wolfgang_Keppler&action=edit&redlink=1) as Jegorka

- [Hubert von Meyerinck](/source/Hubert_von_Meyerinck) as Borodin

- [Hans Joachim Schaufuß](/source/Hans_Joachim_Schaufu%C3%9F) as Nikolka

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Waldman p.245

1. **[^](#cite_ref-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.

## External links

- [*Stjenka Rasin*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028309/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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