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.

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

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Films directed by 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 • Room 666 • 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' • The Palermo Shooting