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Kings of the Road

Kings of the Road

Kings of the Road

7.4/10

March 4, 1976

176 minutes

Wim Wenders

Drama

Overview

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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Movie Details

Release Date

March 4, 1976

Runtime

176 minutes

Director

Wim Wenders

Rating

7.4/10

Production Companies

Wim Wenders Productions WDR Wim Wenders Stiftung

Cast

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)

Michael Wiedemann

Teacher (uncredited)