Wind From the East
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jean-luc Godard
Gian Maria Volontè
Anne Wiazemsky
Daniel Cohn-bendit
Götz George
Christian Tullio
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The film opens with a group of Third World filmmakers producing a Marxist Western. The actors read lines condemning a bourgeois society which parallels contemporary America. The filmmakers stop their activity and begin a discussion of political cinema, the director's own work, and other related topics. As the filmmaking resumes, the Indians suddenly rise up from pretending to be dead and eliminate their oppressors.
Director
Jean-luc Godard
Cast
Gian Maria Volontè
Anne Wiazemsky
Daniel Cohn-bendit
Götz George
Christian Tullio
Rick Boyd
Paolo Pozzesi
Allen Midgette
Glauber Rocha
José Varella
Marco Ferreri
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Italy in 1969. French title: Le vent d'est; Italian title: Vento dell'est; German title: Wind von Osten. Alternative U. S. title: East Wind.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1969
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a leading figure in France's 1968 riots left the film before shooting due to creative differences, but his name still appears in the credits.
Shown at 1970 Cannes Film Festival.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 11, 1970.
Shown at the National Film Theatre in London, England as part of a special two-month program dedicated to Jean-Luc Godard, June 1 - July 31, 2001.
16mm and 35mm blowup
c Eastmancolor
3420 feet (16mm)
subtitled
Film made by the Dziga-Vertov Group.
Producer Barcelloni hired Godard to make a western in the style of Leone's films, but Godard somehow pulled out a great deception.
Shot in May 1969.
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1969
