Kings of the Road
Im Lauf der Zeit
Germany • 1976
Director
#816Criterion Collection →Synopsis
Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt - travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters, learning to communicate across their differences.
Synopsis
Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt - travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters, learning to communicate across their differences.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorWim Wenders
WriterWim Wenders
CinematographerRobby Müller
ComposerAxel Linstädt
EditorPeter Przygodda
ProducerWim Wenders
Cast
Rüdiger Vogleras Bruno Winter
Hanns Zischleras Robert Lander
Lisa Kreuzeras Pauline - Cashier
Rudolf Schündleras Robert's Father