Kings of the Road
Im Lauf der Zeit
1976 · 2h 57m · Drama · Germany · Rated 15 (SE)
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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Wim Wenders6.9Smart score
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