Main Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Rudolf Schundler
Release Year: 1975
Country: WG
Run Time: 165 minutes
Plot
Those even remotely familiar with the work of German director Wim Wenders should not be surprised that he has a title like Kings of the Road in his resumé. Rüdiger Vogler plays Bruno, an itinerant movie-projector repairman, who tools about the dusty roads along the East-West border of Germany in search of work. A traffic accident brings Bruno in contact with suicidal Robert (Hanns Zischler). Bruno gives Zischler a ride, and the two become friends. Eventually Zischler decides to give civilization another chance, while Bruno continues his freewheeling ways alone. Along the way, director Wenders makes several trenchant comments about the breakdown of society by showing the number of movie theaters that have either closed down or resorted to showing X-rated films. Prominent German film critic Hanns Zischler plays one of the protagonists. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
A projection-equipment repair mechanic named Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) and a depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler) who has just broken up with his wife travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theatres. It has many long shots without dialogue and was filmed in black and white by long-time Wenders collaborator Robby Müller.
