Die Windrose

Die Windrose (The Windrose) was a film made for the East German production company DEFA in 1957 and commissioned by the Women's International Democratic Federation.^[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]

Directed byAlberto Cavalcanti
Sergey Gerasimov
Yannick Bellon
Gillo Pontecorvo
Alex Viany
Wu Kuo-yin

Written byJorge Amado
Alberto Cavalcanti
Vladimir Pozner
Franco Solinas
José Hipolito
Trigueirinho Neto

Produced byMário Audrá
Joris Ivens

StarringSimone Signoret
Yves Montand

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Die Windrose
Directed by	Alberto Cavalcanti Sergey Gerasimov Yannick Bellon Gillo Pontecorvo Alex Viany Wu Kuo-yin
Written by	Jorge Amado Alberto Cavalcanti Vladimir Pozner Franco Solinas José Hipolito Trigueirinho Neto
Produced by	Mário Audrá Joris Ivens
Starring	Simone Signoret Yves Montand
Cinematography	H.E. Fowle
Music by	Wolfgang Hohensee Enrico Simonetti
Production companies	Cinematográfica Maristela DEFA
Release date	8 March 1957 (1957-03-08) (East Germany)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	German Democratic Republic
Language	German

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