Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road

Kings of the Road

7.4(139 votes)
1976
2h 56m
Drama

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.

Production

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

Hans Dieter Trayer

Paul - Garage Owner

Franziska Stömmer

Franziska Stömmer

Cinema Owner

Patric Kreuzer

Patric Kreuzer

Little Boy

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)

Peter Kaiser

Peter Kaiser

Masturbating Projectionist (uncredited)

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