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Kings of the Road (1976)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Wim Wenders
In Theaters:10/3/1976
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Runtime:177 minutes
Studio:Wim Wenders Productions, WDR, Wim Wenders Stiftung
Cast
Wim Wenders
Director
Rüdiger Vogler
Bruno Winter
Hanns Zischler
Robert Lander
Lisa Kreuzer
Pauline - Cashier
Rudolf Schündler
Robert's Father
Marquard Bohm
Man Who Lost His Wife
Hans Dieter Trayer
Paul - Garage Owner
Franziska Stömmer
Cinema Owner
Patric Kreuzer
Little Boy
Wim Wenders
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
Peter Kaiser
Masturbating Projectionist (uncredited)
Michael Wiedemann
Teacher (uncredited)
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