Stjenka Rasin is a 1936 German historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Wera Engels, Hans Adalbert Schlettow and Heinrich George. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. 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.