Kings of the Road is a 1976 German road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It was the third part of Wenders' "Road Movie Trilogy" which included Alice in the Cities and The Wrong Move . It was the unanimous winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The film is about a projection-equipment repair mechanic named Bruno Winter and a depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt. They travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters. The movie... contains many long shots without dialogue, and it was filmed in black and white by long-time Wenders collaborator Robby Müller. Film Critic Derek Malcolm ranked Kings of the Road 89 on his list of his 100 favourite movies. Malcolm says that Wenders "achieves a palpable sense of time, place and atmosphere, and of how everybody is affected by their tiny spot in history.
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| Release date: | 1976 |
| Directed by: | Wim Wenders |
| Runtime: | 176 Minutes |
| Editor: | Peter Przygodda |
| Cinematography: | Robby Müller |
| Screenplay by: | Wim Wenders |