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Wrong Move

Wrong Move

19756.71h 43m

Overview

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.

Directed by Wim Wenders
Written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Peter Handke
Produced by Peter Genée, Bernd Eichinger, Wim Wenders
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Top Cast

Rüdiger Vogler

Rüdiger Vogler

Wilhelm

Hans Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech

Laertes

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Therese

Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski

Mignon

Peter Kern

Peter Kern

Landau

Ivan Desny

Ivan Desny

Industrialist

Marianne Hoppe

Marianne Hoppe

Mother

Lisa Kreuzer

Lisa Kreuzer

Janine

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Adolf Hansen

Conductor

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Man in Dining Car (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

suicidebased on novel or bookroad movie

About Wrong Move

Wrong Move is a drama film released in 1975 exploring themes of suicide, based on novel or book, road movie. Directed by Wim Wenders, it stars Rüdiger Vogler, Hans Christian Blech, Hanna Schygulla. 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.

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