
Kings of the Road
1976 · Movie · 176 min · ★ 7.4 · 95% critics
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.
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Details
- Original title
- Im Lauf der Zeit
- Years
- 1976
- Release date
- 1976-03-04
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 176 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (149 votes)
Themes
- suicide attempt
- male friendship
- road movie
Cast & crew

Rüdiger Vogler
as Bruno Winter

Hanns Zischler
as Robert Lander

Lisa Kreuzer
as Pauline - Cashier

Rudolf Schündler
as Robert's Father

Marquard Bohm
as Man Who Lost His Wife
- HT
Hans Dieter Trayer
as Paul - Garage Owner
- FS
Franziska Stömmer
as Cinema Owner
- PK
Patric Kreuzer
as Little Boy

Wim Wenders
as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
- PK
Peter Kaiser
as Masturbating Projectionist (uncredited)
Directed by Wim Wenders