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Kings of the Road (1976) Plot Summary Explained
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- 1976 · 176 mins · German
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- Wim Wenders, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rüdiger Vogler, Rudolf Schündler, Marquard Bohm
Itinerant projection‑equipment repairman Bruno Winter teams up with depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander, a doctor reeling from a recent divorce and a half‑hearted suicide attempt. Together they haul a repair truck along the western edge of the East‑German border, stopping at dilapidated movie theatres. As the bleak landscape stretches before them, the two men gradually bridge their emotional and cultural gaps, forming an uneasy friendship amid the crumbling venues.
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