East Wind ( Vent d'est )

East Wind (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Vent d'est
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
114 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Robert Enrico

Written By:
Robert Enrico
Frédéric Fajardie

Actors:
Malcolm McDowell ..... General Smyslowosky
Pierre Vaneck ..... Dr. Hoop
Jean-François Balmer ..... Père Siegler
Ludmila Mikaël ..... Capitaine Barinkova
Caroline Sihol ..... Comtesse Irène
Wojciech Pszoniak ..... Colonel Tcheko
Catherine Bidaut ..... Natalya
Serge Renko ..... Petrov Gregori
Annick Blancheteau ..... La femme du docteur Hoop
Catherine Frot ..... Martha Hubner
Jean de Coninck ..... M. Brandt
Geneviève Mnich ..... Mme Brandt
Yelena Safonova ..... Princesse du Liechtenstein (as Elena Safonova)
Clémentine Célarié ..... Anna
Jan Jankowski ..... Youri
Gilles Treton ..... Peter Hubber
Sarah Vanikoff ..... Freyda
Andrzej Zielinski

Synopsis:

After World War II, due to a longstanding prior agreement among the victorious Allies, displaced citizens of the various countries were returned to their homeland of origin whether or not they wanted to be. There were almost no exceptions to this rule. As a result, several million anti-communist citizens of Eastern Bloc nations were handed over to the not-so tender mercies of their native countries, now under communist rule. Only one nation in all of Europe failed to honor this agreement: the tiny Duchy of Luxembourg. The story of this film is based on a true incident, and the furor it caused.

In 1945, the Russian general (Malcom McDowell) of a small detachment of five hundred Eastern Bloc soldiers who fought on the Axis (German) side, led them into the (neutral) Duchy, which had an announced policy of granting asylum. These refugees were swiftly assimilated into the everyday life of the country and, despite enormous pressure from the great military powers of the day (particularly Russia), Luxembourg refused to relinquish them to almost certain death.

The true story of General Smyslovsky and the anti-Communist 1st Russian National Army receiving shelter in Liechtenstein in 1945 and successfully resisting Soviet pressure to be returned for execution in the USSR.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 01 June, 2009.

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