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Directed by | Alfred Vohrer |
Screenplay by | Manfred Purzer |
Based on | The Wind and The Rain (novel) by Johannes Mario Simmel |
Produced by | Luggi Waldleitner |
Starring | Maurice Ronet Marthe Keller Karin Dor |
Cinematography | Petrus R. Schlömp |
Edited by | Ingeborg Taschner |
Music by | Erich Ferstl |
Production companies | Roxy Film Paris-Cannes Productions |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
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Language | German |
Only the Wind Knows the Answer (German: Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind) is a 1974 West German-French thriller film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Maurice Ronet, Marthe Keller and Karin Dor. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. Location shooting took place on the French Riviera, Zurich, Frankfurt and Munich.
Plot
A millionaire and his crew are killed when his yacht explodes. An insurance detective investigates and soon realises that there is more behind the spectacular accident than meets the eye.
Cast
- Maurice Ronet as Robert Lucas
- Marthe Keller as Angela Delpierre
- Raymond Pellegrin as Inspector Lacrosse
- Karin Dor as Nicole Monnier
- André Falcon as Mr. Ribeyrolles
- Anton Diffring as John Keelwood
- Robert Dalban as the Chief Inspector
- Christian Barbier as Inspector Dupin
- Philippe Baronnet as Alain
- Walter Kohut as Heinz Seeberg
- Charlotte Kerr as Hilde Hellmann
- Eva Pflug as Karin Lucas
- Herbert Fleischmann as Gustav Brandenburg
- Klaus Schwarzkopf
- Heinz Baumann
- Konrad Georg
References
- "Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- Fountain, Clarke. "Die Antwort Kennt Nur der Wind". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- "Only the Wind Knows the Answer". unifrance.org. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
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- 1974 films
- 1974 thriller films
- 1970s German-language films
- West German films
- German thriller films
- French thriller films
- Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
- Films based on Austrian novels
- Films set on the French Riviera
- Films set in the Mediterranean Sea
- Constantin Film films
- 1970s French films
- 1970s German films
- Films based on works by Johannes Mario Simmel
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