Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
Fingerprint
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 93GoodWatch 97
IMDb9.3
Running time
1 h 53 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109113Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1963
April 2, 1963
63 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
Germany
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- Egon Monk Director, Adaptation
Writing · 1
- Maxim Gorky Theatre Play
Other crew · 1
- Ludwig Berger Cinematography
More like this
Similar
Most like Wassa Schelesnowa overall
Nearest on the related map: closest in everything it does to you, not one trait
- Nameless Gangster (2012)
GoodWatch score 85 - Infernal Affairs II (2003)
GoodWatch score 75 - Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
GoodWatch score 84 - Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (2012)
GoodWatch score 85 - The Clan (2015)
GoodWatch score 74 - I'm Your Woman (2020)
GoodWatch score 65 - Drunken Angel (1948)
GoodWatch score 86 - Omkara (2006)
GoodWatch score 79 - The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
GoodWatch score 66 - All the King's Men (1949)
GoodWatch score 72 - True Confessions (1981)
GoodWatch score 64 - 1922 (2017)
GoodWatch score 70 - Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010)
GoodWatch score 72 - The Servant (1963)
GoodWatch score 86 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
GoodWatch score 91 - The Damned (1969)
GoodWatch score 79
Same genre
More drama movies
- Oppenheimer (2023)
GoodWatch score 86 - The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
GoodWatch score 85 - The Great Gatsby (2013)
GoodWatch score 63 - All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
GoodWatch score 77 - Almost Famous (2000)
GoodWatch score 86 - Collateral (2004)
GoodWatch score 78 - The Brutalist (2024)
GoodWatch score 81 - LA BOLA NEGRA (2026)
GoodWatch score 83