Ostwind

Italien Frankreich BR Deutschland 1969/1970 Spielfilm

Summary

Wind From the East

A delirious project that could only have been conceived in the wake of 1968, "Ostwind" started life as a collaboration between Godard, anarchist militant Daniel Cohn-Bendit and the actor Gian-Maria Volonté to make a socialist Western, financed by an Italian leftist millionaire. During a fractious shoot, however, Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin wrested control of the production – giving birth to the “Groupe Dziga Vertov” in the process – and used the generic markers of the Western as a pretext for a theoretical essay on revolutionary strategy and the illusory nature of cinematic realism.

Source: goEast Film Festival 2022

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Credits

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Shoot

    • 16.06.1969 - 16.07.1969: Umgebung von Rom
Duration:
2710 m, 99 min
Format:
16mm - Blow-Up 35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (IT): 14.11.1970, v.c. 57199

Screening:

Uraufführung: 06.05.1970, Cannes, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 05.08.1970, München, Theatiner Filmkunst

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Ostwind
  • Originaltitel (IT) Vento dell'est
  • Originaltitel (FR) Le vent d'est

Versions

Original

Duration:
2710 m, 99 min
Format:
16mm - Blow-Up 35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (IT): 14.11.1970, v.c. 57199

Screening:

Uraufführung: 06.05.1970, Cannes, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 05.08.1970, München, Theatiner Filmkunst