Kings of the Road

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Kings of the Road
Directed by Wim Wenders
Written by Wim Wenders
Starring Rüdiger Vogler
Hanns Zischler
Cinematography Robby Müller
Editing by Peter Przygodda
Release date(s) 1976
Country West Germany
Language German
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Kings of the Road (German: Im Lauf der Zeit) is a 1976 German road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It was the third part of Wenders' "Road Movie Trilogy" which included Alice in the Cities (1974) and The Wrong Move (1975). It was the unanimous winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.

A projection-equipment repair mechanic named Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) and a depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler) who has just broken up with his wife travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theatres. It has many long shots without dialogue and was filmed in black and white by long-time Wenders collaborator Robby Müller.

Ambling along in a theater repair truck. Scene from Kings of the Road, 1976
Ambling along in a theater repair truck. Scene from Kings of the Road, 1976

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Wim Wenders
Summer in the City • The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty • The Scarlet Letter • Alice in the Cities • The Wrong Move • Kings of the Road • The American Friend • Lightning Over Water  • Hammett • The State of Things • Paris, Texas • Tokyo-Ga • Wings of Desire • Until the End of the World • Faraway, So Close! • Lisbon Story • The End of Violence • Buena Vista Social Club • The Million Dollar Hotel • Ten Minutes Older • The Soul of a Man • Land of Plenty • Don't Come Knocking •
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