Sowing the Wind (1944 film)

Sowing the Wind
Directed by	Maurice Gleize
Written by	Steve Passeur Maurice Gleize
Based on	Sowing the Wind by Lucie Delarue-Mardrus
Produced by	Josette France Pierre Gurgo-Salice
Starring	Jacques Dumesnil Lise Delamare Gisèle Casadesus
Cinematography	Jules Kruger
Edited by	Lucienne Déméocq
Music by	Jean Hubeau
Production company	Lux Film
Distributed by	Lux Film
Release date	16 March 1944 (1944-03-16)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Sowing the Wind (French: Graine au vent) is a 1944 French drama film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Marcelle Géniat and Lise Delamare. It is an adaptation of the 1925 novel of the same title by Lucie Delarue-Mardrus[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.

Synopsis

When his wife dies giving birth to a son, a man rejects the child and he is sent away. However, the boy's elder sister takes the lead in taking care of the infant and eventually reconciles her father to him.

Cast

• Jacques Dumesnil as Bruno
• Marcelle Géniat
• Lise Delamare as Fernande
• Carlettina as Alexandra
• Gisèle Casadesus as Germaine
• Paul Villé
• Michel de Bonnay
• Jean Samson
• Anne Vandène
• Henri Bargin
• Yvonne Carletti
• Maurice Dorléac
• Maurice Dumont
• Paul Faivre
• Ritou Lancyle
• Albert Malbert
• Léon Mazeau
• Christine Stahl
• Odette Talazac as La nourrice

See also

• Sowing the Wind a 1929 silent film based on the same novel

References

1. Goble p.784

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Sowing the Wind at IMDb