Wassa Schelesnowa

1963· 113 min★ 9.3· Drama

Wassa Schelesnowa, a manipulative matriarch who will stop at nothing to keep her business afloat and her family together. Infanticide, forgery, murder, blackmail, adultery, exile, and plain old-fashioned greed are the order of the day as Wassa's colorful clan tries to scheme its way out of the house and into financial independence.

Cast: Therese Giehse, Josef Dahmen, Ingmar Zeisberg

Director: Egon Monk