The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 57m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
152 audience votes
Key crew
- Wim WendersDirector
- Wim WendersScreenplay
- Axel LinstädtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rüdiger VoglerBruno Winter
- Hanns ZischlerRobert Lander
- Lisa KreuzerPauline - Cashier
- Rudolf SchündlerRobert's Father
- Marquard BohmMan Who Lost His Wife
- Hans Dieter TrayerPaul - Garage Owner
- Franziska StömmerCinema Owner
- Patric KreuzerLittle Boy
- Wim WendersSpectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
- Peter KaiserMasturbating Projectionist (uncredited)
- Michael WiedemannTeacher (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
suicide attemptmale friendshiproad movie