Die Windrose
Die Windrose (The Windrose) was a film made for the East German production company DEFA in 1957 and commissioned by the World Federation of Women.[1] Alberto Cavalcanti was film director, with artistic input from Joris Ivens. Simone Signoret, Yves Montand and Helene Weigel, wife of German dramatist Bertold Brecht. All collaborated in the making of this film, a docu-drama about the struggle of female workers in Italy, Brazil, the Soviet Union, China and France, united as "pioneers of the way which leads to a better future".[2][3]
| Die Windrose | |
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| Directed by | Alberto Cavalcanti Sergey Gerasimov Yannick Bellon Gillo Pontecorvo Alex Viany Wu Kuo-yin |
| Produced by | Mário Audrá Joris Ivens |
| Written by | Jorge Amado Alberto Cavalcanti Vladimir Pozner Franco Solinas José Hipolito Trigueirinho Neto |
| Starring | Simone Signoret Yves Montand |
| Music by | Wolfgang Hohensee Enrico Simonetti |
| Cinematography | H.E. Fowle |
Production company | Cinematográfica Maristela DEFA |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | German Democratic Republic |
| Language | German |
Cast
- Angela Brunner ... (voice)
- Aracy Cardoso
- Valdo César
- Marlene França
- Armida Gianassi ... Giovanna
- Yves Montand
- Vanja Orico
- Carla Pozzi
- Simone Signoret
- Aurélio Teixeira
- Miguel Torres
- Helene Weigel
- Yen Mei-yi
- Zinaida Kirienko
References
- Fuchs, Rachel G.; Epstein, Anne (November 18, 2016). "Gender and Citizenship in Historical and Transnational Perspective: Agency, Space, Borders". Macmillan International Higher Education – via Google Books.
- "Die WINDROSE (1957)". BFI.
- "DE JORIS IVENS_30.pdf Films in Production" (PDF). 11 DEFA und DIE WINDROSE. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2006.
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