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Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
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2,580 Ratings

KINGS OF THE ROAD

Im Lauf der Zeit

Directed by Wim Wenders
West Germany, 1976
Drama

Synopsis

A roving film projector repairman saves the life of a depressed psychologist who has driven his car into a river, and they end up on the road together, traveling from one rural German movie theater to another. Along the way, the two men, each running from his past, bond over their shared loneliness.

Synopsis

A roving film projector repairman saves the life of a depressed psychologist who has driven his car into a river, and they end up on the road together, traveling from one rural German movie theater to another. Along the way, the two men, each running from his past, bond over their shared loneliness.

Our take

A landmark film from the New German Cinema, Wenders’s iconic road movie offers up a cool portrait of post-war Germany—and its cinemas—through two lonely, sensitive souls. Photographed in sumptuous black-and-white by legendary cinematographer Robby Müller, the film was also dedicated to Fritz Lang!