Movie: Kings of the Road

Top 10 Billed Cast

Rüdiger Vogler
Rüdiger Vogler

Bruno Winter

Hanns Zischler
Hanns Zischler

Robert Lander

Lisa Kreuzer
Lisa Kreuzer

Pauline - Cashier

Rudolf Schündler
Rudolf Schündler

Robert's Father

Marquard Bohm
Marquard Bohm

Man Who Lost His Wife

Hans Dieter Trayer
Hans Dieter Trayer

Paul - Garage Owner

Franziska Stömmer
Franziska Stömmer

Cinema Owner

Patric Kreuzer
Patric Kreuzer

Little Boy

Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders

Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)

Peter Kaiser
Peter Kaiser

Masturbating Projectionist (uncredited)

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1976-03-04

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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