Die Windrose
Director Alberto Cavalcanti, Alex Viany, Wo Kuo-Yin, Yannick Bellon, Gillo Pontecorvo, Sergej Garassimow, Artistic Advisor Joris Ivens
Countries Brazil, Germany, Russian Federation
Duration 110 min
Synopsis
This film was 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 Heigel, wife of German dramatist Bertolt Brecht , collaborated on the making of this film, a documentary about the struggle of female workers in Italy, Brazil, the Soviet Union, China and France.
This film was 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 Heigel, wife of German dramatist Bertolt Brecht , collaborated on the making of this film, a documentary about the struggle of female workers in Italy, Brazil, the Soviet Union, China and France.