A Gust of Wind
Appearance
A Gust of Wind | |
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Directed by | Walter Felsenstein |
Written by | Giovacchino Forzano (play) Roland Schacht Walter Felsenstein |
Produced by | Fred Lyssa |
Starring | Paul Kemp Margit Debar Elsa Wagner |
Cinematography | E.W. Fiedler |
Edited by | Ilse Voigt |
Music by | Friedrich Schröder |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Deutsche Filmvertriebs |
Release date | 23 April 1942 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
A Gust of Wind (German: Ein Windstoß) is a 1942 German musical film directed by Walter Felsenstein and starring Paul Kemp, Margit Debar and Elsa Wagner.[1] It was based on an Italian play by Giovacchino Forzano. A man gets shut out of his apartment in his nightshirt by a gust of wind. His neighbours refuse to believe this is the real reason. The film marked the screen debut of Sonja Ziemann who went on to become a leading star of the 1950s.
Main cast
- Paul Kemp as Emanuele Rigattieri
- Margit Debar as Angelina Seri
- Elsa Wagner as Frau Brigoni
- Sonja Ziemann as Gina Galassi
- Franz Schafheitlin as Gerichtsvorsitzender
- Heinrich Troxbömker as Portier
- Ursula Herking as Teresina Bonfanti
- Lina Carstens as Frau Galassi
References
- ^ Hull p.251
Bibliography
- Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933-1945. University of California Press, 1969.