
About
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.
Cast

Rüdiger Vogler
Bruno Winter

Hanns Zischler
Robert Lander

Lisa Kreuzer
Pauline - Cashier

Rudolf Schündler
Robert's Father

Marquard Bohm
Man Who Lost His Wife

Hans Dieter Trayer
Paul - Garage Owner (as Dieter Traier)

Franziska Stömmer
Cinema Owner

Patric Kreuzer
Little Boy (as Patrick Kreuzer)

Wim Wenders
Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
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Lists
#284 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?