UW Cinematheque: Wim Wenders - Portraits Along The Road
Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit) | West Germany | 1976 | DCP | 176 min. | German with English subtitles Director: Wim Wenders
Event Details
Date
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer
A traveling film projector repairman (Vogler) meets up with a suicidal pediatrician (Zischler) and together they travel the German countryside, bonding over their shared ennui while stopping along the way at every local movie theater on the repairman’s route. Touching on themes of national identity, post-war uncertainty, and loneliness, Kings is primarily a love letter to cinema and cinematic exhibition.
A traveling film projector repairman (Vogler) meets up with a suicidal pediatrician (Zischler) and together they travel the German countryside, bonding over their shared ennui while stopping along the way at every local movie theater on the repairman’s route. Touching on themes of national identity, post-war uncertainty, and loneliness, Kings is primarily a love letter to cinema and cinematic exhibition.
Cost
Free
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