Rose of the Winds
1957 · Documentary · 104 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)
Film made for the East German production company DEFA in 1957 and commissioned by the World Federation of Women. Alberto Cavalcanti was film director, with artistic input from Joris Ivens. Simone Signoret, Yves Montand and Helene Weigel, wife of German dramatist Bertold Brecht, 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.
Direction Joris Ivens · Yannick Bellon · Alberto Cavalcanti · Sergei Gerasimov · Gillo Pontecorvo · Alex Vian
Cast Aracy Cardoso · Valdo César · Marlene França · Armida Gianassi · Yves Montand · Vanja Orico · Carla Pozzi · Simone Signoret · Aurélio Teixeira · Miguel Torres · Helene Weigel
Soundtrack Wolfgang Hohensee · Enrico Simonetti
Screenplay Jorge Amado · Alberto Cavalcanti · Vladimir Pozner · Franco Solinas · José Hipolito Trigueirinho Neto
Cinematography H.E. Fowle
Original title Die Windrose
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