 In Moscow she was able to work as a journalist and as an actress, joining the Moscow-based "German Theatre Crew of the Left" ("Deutsche Theater Kolonne Links") in 1934.In 1937 Inge von Wangenheim took Soviet citizenship.On the stage her appearances included the starring role, alongside Bruno Schmidtsdorf, in the Moscow produced anti-fascist film, , directed and scripted by her husband Gustav von Wangenheim.