Die Windrose was a 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. 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".
Die Windrose (1957)
Directed by Sergey Gerasimov / Yannick Bellon / Alberto Cavalcanti / Alex Viany / Gillo Pontecorvo / Joris Ivens
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Bertolt Brecht, Brazil, China, France, Italy, Ussr, World Federation Of Women
Alternate Titles
A Rosa dos Ventos
PT
A Rosa-dos-Ventos
BR
La rosa de los vientos
UY
La rosa dei venti
IT
La rose des vents
FR
Öt ország, öt asszony
HU
Roza vânturilor
RO
Роза ветров
RU