Wassa Schelesnowa (1963)

Release Date: 1963-04-02
Runtime: 1h 53min
Production Country: Germany
Director: Egon Monk

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.