Wrong Move (1975)

A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Peter Handke (screenplay), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (novel) (as Johann Wolfgang Goethe)

Stars:

Rüdiger Vogler, Hanna Schygulla, Hans Christian Blech

6 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited 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)

Storyline

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, telling him to live. On the train he meets an older man, an athlete in the 1936 Olympics, and his mute teen companion, Mignon. She's an acrobat in market squares for spare change. An actress, whom Wilhelm gazes at, joins them. Then, a plump young man introduces himself, having heard them talk of poetry. He takes them to his uncle's, except it's the wrong house; they interrupt a man's suicide. He invites them to stay. The actress tries to connect to Wilhelm. Couplings and rare bursts of feeling come as surprises; other characters remain alone.

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Plot Keywords:

underaged female nudity | female underage nudity | underage nudity | girl man relationship | road movie | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

22 October 1975 (France)

Also Known As:

The Wrong Movement

Filming Locations:

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

DEM 620,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Albatros Produktion,Solaris Film,Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The long walk is in the wine region from where Wenders' mother comes. The gunshots are real and are made by some of the neighbors. One of them is on a moped.

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Connections

Featured in Peter Handke: Bin im Wald. Kann sein, dass ich mich verspäte... (2016)

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Soundtracks

Goldberg Variation, 25 Variation
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach

User Reviews

An excellent examination of post=war Germany: A Masterpiece

"Falsche Bewegung," (In the US called "The Wrong Move") is one of the finest films ever produced in Germany and certainly of of film guru Wim Wender's best works. An analysis of the sentiments, both serious and humorous, of the citizens of Post-war Germany, the feelings of guilt, loss, anger, and misdirection is so clearly and frighteningly distributed to the audience it really brings you to thought and to tears. A masterpiece.