A Tale of the Wind

A Tale of the Wind

1989•1h 20m•6.3/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(32)

It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them on film.

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Production

Air France, Capi Films, Channel Four Films, La Sept Cinéma, Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS), NDR, Stichting Nederlands, Studio Documentaire de Chine, TF1 Films Production, WDR

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Joris Ivens

Joris Ivens

Self

Liu Zhuang

Wang Delong

Wang Hong

Fu Dalin

Liu Guilian

Chen Zhijian

Chen Zhijian

Zou Qiaoyu

Paul Sergent

Liu Hongyiu

Self - Interpreter (uncredited)

Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Self (uncredited)

Henxiang Han

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