Falsche Bewegung (1975)

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe (novel)
Peter Handke (writer)

Release Date:

April 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn...

Plot Keywords:

Girl Man Relationship | Road Movie | Road | Based On Novel

Awards:

7 wins

Cast

Rüdiger Vogler	...	Wilhelm
Hans Christian Blech	...	Laertes
Hanna Schygulla	...	Therese Farner
Nastassja Kinski	...	Mignon (as Nastassja Nakszynski)
Peter Kern	...	Bernhard Landau
Ivan Desny	...	Industrieller / The Industrialist
Marianne Hoppe	...	Mutter / The Mother
Lisa Kreuzer	...	Janine (as Elisabeth Kreuzer)
Adolf Hansen	...	Schaffner (as Adolph Hansen)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gustav Leonhardt	...	Johann Sebastian Bach, form film 'Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach' (archive footage)

Also Known As:

False Movement
The Wrong Move (UK)
The Wrong Movement (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (f) | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Boppard, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Company:

Albatros Produktion

Movie Connections:

Features Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)

Soundtrack:

Goldberg Variation, 25 Variation

Self-Indulging Self-Portrait

While it may be cliche to say that The Wrong Move is director Wenders' self-portrait, his sense-of-lost in contemporary Germany will be easily trailed through writer-wannabe protagonist Wilhelm's fruitless journey to encounter and interact with new lover, friend and enemy. Cinematographer Robby Muller, who would be internationally acclaimed a few years later, is on his way, exploring amazing long takes in the conversation-while-walking scene towards the end. European contemporary classical soundtrack sounds appropriate but obsolete.