Lisbon Story
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| Directed by | Wim Wenders |
| Produced by | Paulo Branco Ulrich Felsberg João Canijo Wim Wenders |
| Written by | Wim Wenders |
| Starring | Rüdiger Vogler Patrick Bauchau |
| Music by | Jürgen Knieper Madredeus |
| Cinematography | Liza Rinzler |
| Editing by | Peter Przygodda Anne Schnee |
| Release date(s) | 1994 |
| Running time | 100 min |
| Language | German / Portuguese / English |
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| IMDb profile | |
Lisbon Story (German title: Viagem a Lisboa, Lisbonne Story) is a 1994 film directed by Wim Wenders.
Lisbon Story is partially a sequel to Wenders' 1982 film, The State of Things. The fictitious movie director in in the previous film, Friedrich Munro, reappears, again played by Patrick Bauchau. In Lisbon Story Friedrich has moved to Lisbon, Portugal (the country in which The State of Things was set). The principle character, Philip Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), a sound engineer, receives a postcard invitation from Fredrich to come to Lisbon to record sounds of the capital city for one of his films. This sets in motion a mysterious Wendersian quest. Lisbon Story features performance of Madredeus, a famous Portuguese musical group, and a cameo by Manoel de Oliveira, the oldest active director alive.
[edit] Homage to The Road Movie Trilogy
During the mid-1970s, Wim Wenders made three films which he named The Road Movie Trilogy. Lisbon Story pays subtle homage to these films. The sound engineer in Lisbon Story, Philip Winter, has the same name and is played by the same actor (Rüdiger Vogler) as the lead character in Alice in the Cities (1974), though the character Phil Winter was a photographer in the first film. The name Winter is repeated in Kings of the Road (1976), also starring Vogler, although his full name in Kings is Bruno Winter and he is a projection-equipment mechanic.
[edit] Featured Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Rüdiger Vogler | Philip Winter |
| Patrick Bauchau | Fridrich Monroe |
| Vasco Sequeira | Truck Driver |
| Canto e Castro | Barber |
| Viriato Jose da Silva | Shoemaker |
| João Canijo | Crook |
| Ricardo Colares | Ricardo |
| Joel Cunha Ferreira | Zé |
| Sofia Bénard da Costa | Sofia |
| Vera Cunha Rocha | Vera |
| Elisabete Cunha Rocha | Beta |
| Teresa Salgueiro | Herself (Madredeus) |
| Pedro Ayres Magalhães | Himself (Madredeus) |
| Rodrigo Leão | Himself (Madredeus) |
| Gabriel Gomes | Himself (Madredeus) |
| José Peixoto | Himself (Madredeus) |
| Francisco Ribeiro | Himself (Madredeus) |
| Manoel de Oliveira | Himself |
