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A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 1 nomination
Nastassja Kinski
- Mignon
- (as Nastassja Nakszynski)
Lisa Kreuzer
- Janine
- (as Elisabeth Kreuzer)
Adolf Hansen
- Schaffner
- (as Adolph Hansen)
Wim Wenders
- Man in Dining Car
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film marks the debut of Nastassja Kinski, whom Wenders' wife discovered in a disco in Munich. Later she played one of the leading roles in Wenders' film Paris, Texas (1984), as well as appearing in his Faraway, So Close (1993).
- ConnectionsEdited from The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
- SoundtracksGoldberg Variation, 25 Variation
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Wilhelm doesn't like people.
"The Wrong Movement" is the second of three films by Wim Wenders about a disaffected man (in each case played by Rüdiger Vogler) searching for himself out on the open road. Unlike the first (Alice in the Cities) and third (Kings of the Road) films, this one is infinitely less accessible. It's the talkiness that brings it down in the end. Each character seems especially in touch with their own highly specific brand of angst. It's almost too easy to identify with, all the abstract alienation. We all feel it sometimes, but do we actually spend so much time speaking of it? This depiction of dark truth doesn't make it a good story, only an honest one.
The actors are good (Nastassja Kinski plays a mute, in her first role), but the characters are cold. The dialogue is impressive, yet bereft of all beauty. On some inherent level, it's apparent that all the characters deeply despise one another. Wilhelm himself testifies at the very start to his dislike of people. Wim Wenders seems to be doing very much the same. Only, this time, it doesn't make for a very good film. Its shorter length is almost a relief.
The actors are good (Nastassja Kinski plays a mute, in her first role), but the characters are cold. The dialogue is impressive, yet bereft of all beauty. On some inherent level, it's apparent that all the characters deeply despise one another. Wilhelm himself testifies at the very start to his dislike of people. Wim Wenders seems to be doing very much the same. Only, this time, it doesn't make for a very good film. Its shorter length is almost a relief.
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