Only the Wind Knows the Answer

{{short description|1974 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Only the Wind Knows the Answer

| image = Only the Wind Knows the Answer.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Alfred Vohrer

| producer = Luggi Waldleitner

| screenplay = Manfred Purzer

| based_on = {{based on|The Wind and The Rain (novel)|Johannes Mario Simmel}}

| starring = Maurice Ronet
Marthe Keller
Karin Dor

| music = Erich Ferstl

| cinematography = Petrus R. Schlömp

| editing = Ingeborg Taschner

| studio = Roxy Film
Paris-Cannes Productions

| distributor = Constantin Film

| released = {{Film date|1974|11|20|West Germany|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/die-antwort-kennt-nur-der-wind_ea43d4a79fa55006e03053d50b37753d|work=Filmportal.de|accessdate=6 January 2013|title=Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind}}

| runtime = 107 minutes

| country = {{ubl|West Germany|France}}

| language = German

}}

Only the Wind Knows the Answer ({{langx|de|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/die-antwort-kennt-nur-der-wind-v155994|title=Die Antwort Kennt Nur der Wind|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=6 January 2013|author=Fountain, Clarke}} It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1975 |title=9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975) |accessdate=6 January 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194905/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1975 |archivedate=16 January 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://en.unifrance.org/movie/1112/only-the-wind-knows-the-answer|title=Only the Wind Knows the Answer|publisher=unifrance.org |accessdate=10 April 2014}} Location shooting took place on the French Riviera, Zurich, Frankfurt and Munich.