The Wind Rose

The Wind Rose (1957)

Die Windrose

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

Date of release
1957-03-08
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Director
Joris Ivens, Yannick Bellon, Sergei Gerasimov, Gillo Pontecorvo, Alberto Cavalcanti, Alex Viany

Casting

Interesting facts

Die Windrose was a film made for the East German production company DEFA in 1957 and commissioned by the Women's International Democratic Federation. 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".

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