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
Directed byAlberto Cavalcanti
Sergey Gerasimov
Yannick Bellon
Gillo Pontecorvo
Alex Viany
Wu Kuo-yin
Produced byMário Audrá
Joris Ivens
Written byJorge Amado
Alberto Cavalcanti
Vladimir Pozner
Franco Solinas
José Hipolito
Trigueirinho Neto
StarringSimone Signoret
Yves Montand
Music byWolfgang Hohensee
Enrico Simonetti
CinematographyH.E. Fowle
Production
company
Cinematográfica Maristela
DEFA
Release date
  • 8 March 1957 (1957-03-08) (East Germany)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryGerman Democratic Republic
LanguageGerman

Cast

References

  1. Fuchs, Rachel G.; Epstein, Anne (November 18, 2016). Gender and Citizenship in Historical and Transnational Perspective: Agency, Space, Borders. Macmillan International Higher Education. ISBN 9781137497765 via Google Books.
  2. "Die WINDROSE (1957)". BFI.
  3. "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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