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.

A Gust of Wind
Directed byWalter Felsenstein
Written by
Produced byFred Lyssa
Starring
CinematographyE.W. Fiedler
Edited byIlse Voigt
Music byFriedrich Schröder
Production
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Distributed byDeutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date
  • 23 April 1942 (1942-04-23)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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References

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  1. ^ Hull p. 251

Bibliography

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  • Hull, David Stewart (1969). Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-01489-3.
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