Kings of the Road (1976)

7.4/10 177 min Drama

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

Bruno Winter

Hanns Zischler

Robert Lander

Lisa Kreuzer

Pauline - Cashier

Rudolf Schündler

Robert's Father

Marquard Bohm

Man Who Lost His Wife

Wim Wenders

Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)

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