KINGS OF THE ROAD (IN THE COURSE OF TIME) (1976)
A film by Wim Wenders
The final part of Wim Wenders’ loose trilogy of road movies
(following on from Alice in the Cities and Wrong Move), KINGS OF
THE ROAD (aka IN THE COURSE OF TIME) has been hailed as
one of the best films of the 1970s and remains Wenders’ most
remarkable portrait of his own country.
After driving his car at high speed off a road and into a river, losing
all his worldly possessions, Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler)
hitches a ride with Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), who travels
across Germany’s hinterland repairing projectors in run-down
cinemas. Along the way, the two men meet people whose lives are
as at odds with the modern world as their own. In attempting to
reconcile their past, the two men find themselves increasingly at
odds with each other.
KINGS OF THE ROAD (aka IN THE COURSE OF TIME) is a
meditation on the passing of the age of great cinema, an acute
study of life in post-war Germany and to this day remains one of Wim Wenders’ most accomplished
films.
“marvelous…
one of the great
Geoff Andrew, TIME OUT
films”
“excellent”
THE GUARDIAN
“Every turn in the road brings something
unforeseen and intriguing”
THE TIMES
“mesmerising”
THE SUNDAY TIMES
“the first masterpiece of New German Cinema…engrossing.”
CHICAGO READER
WINNER - INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ PRIZE - Cannes Film Festival
Bonus Features: TWO-DISC set including
• “Conversations on Kings of the Road” featurette
• Deleted scenes
Certificate: 18
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