Kings of the Road

1976 · directed by Wim Wenders

Rating

85/100

Hit

yes

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.

Kings of the Road (1976), directed by Wim Wenders, rates 85/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Rüdiger Vogler
• Hanns Zischler
• Lisa Kreuzer
• Rudolf Schündler
• Marquard Bohm
• Hans Dieter Trayer
• Franziska Stömmer
• Patric Kreuzer
• Wim Wenders
• Peter Kaiser

Crew

• Robby Müller — Director of Photography
• Peter Przygodda — Editor
• Axel Linstädt — Original Music Composer
• Wim Wenders — Screenplay

More from Wim Wenders

1. Paris, Texas (1984) — 95/100 · hit
2. The Salt of the Earth (2014) — 85/100 · hit
3. Wings of Desire (1987) — 82/100 · hit
4. Alice in the Cities (1974) — 82/100 · hit
5. Perfect Days (2023) — 82/100 · hit
6. Pina (2011) — 81/100 · hit

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