Kings of the Road

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Overview

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.

Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schündler, Marquard Bohm, more

Director: Wim Wenders

Genres: Drama

Cast

Rüdiger Vogler

Bruno Winter

Hanns Zischler

Robert Lander

Lisa Kreuzer

Pauline - Cashier

Rudolf Schündler

Robert's Father

Marquard Bohm

Man Who Lost His Wife

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Hans Dieter Trayer

Paul - Garage Owner

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Franziska Stömmer

Cinema Owner

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Patric Kreuzer

Little Boy

Wim Wenders

Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)

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Peter Kaiser

Masturbating Projectionist (uncredited)

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Michael Wiedemann

Teacher (uncredited)

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