CinemaOSMovie · 1976 · 2h 57m

Kings of the Road

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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.

Directed byWim Wenders

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 57m
Language
DE
Released
March 4, 1976
Studios
WDRWim Wenders ProductionsWim Wenders Stiftung

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Rüdiger Vogler

Rüdiger Vogler

Bruno Winter

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

Robert Lander

Lisa Kreuzer

Lisa Kreuzer

Pauline - Cashier

Rudolf Schündler

Rudolf Schündler

Robert's Father

Marquard Bohm

Marquard Bohm

Man Who Lost His Wife

Hans Dieter Trayer

Paul - Garage Owner

Franziska Stömmer

Cinema Owner

Patric Kreuzer

Little Boy

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)

Peter Kaiser

Masturbating Projectionist (uncredited)

Creative team
Directed by
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Written by
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Produced by
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders

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