Kings of the Road focuses on the relationship that develops between two men - movie projector repairman Bruno and suicidal Robert - as they travel in a truck on the dusty roads along the border between East and West Germany. Lonely and introspective they both long for the company of women. By the end of their journey they derive comfort from the fact that in the course of time their lives have taken on some shape and some significance.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play 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&39;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&39; most accomplished films Actors Rüdiger Vogler Hanns Zischler Lisa Kreuzer Rudolf Schündle Marquard Bohm Hans Dieter Trayer Franziska Stömmer Patric Kreuzer & Wim Wenders Director Wim Wenders Certificate 18 years and over Year 1976 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages German - Dolby (20) Stereo Subtitles English Duration 2 hours and 29 minutes (approx)
German drama written and directed by Wim Wenders. The film follows Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) as he travels around the country fixing projection equipment. One day on the road, he meets Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler) who, suffering from depression after splitting up with his wife, tries to kill himself by driving his car into the River Elbe. Bruno invites him into his car to dry off in some clean clothes and, after Robert accepts his kind invitation, the pair set off along the West German border as Bruno travels from one old cinema to the next, discussing their lives, thoughts and hopes as they go.
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