Kings of the Road

1976 · 176 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 6,782 VOTES · DIR. Wim Wenders

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 616 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 The Auteur's Film Company presents
00:02:29 Could you make a living from the cinema?
00:27:01 Mine's Lander
00:35:41 Can't be that
00:39:50 The men are mending the loudspeaker
00:48:14 ...and at that moment I noticed... that you were watching me
00:56:59 Leave me alone!
01:01:46 She was still warm
01:07:21 What?
01:21:24 No, only three times a week
01:24:41 The sun was out just now
01:29:17 You owe me 2 marks... no, I'll treat you to an ice afterwards
01:35:07 I'm working here for nothing
01:42:09 Yesterday I saw a woman sitting in the sun under a hair-dryer...
01:52:03 Did you have to?
01:55:40 -The one we ran around in? -Without a licence...
02:09:48 Yes, but I promised to show the film tonight
02:15:59 It is long distance
02:20:54 ...who has lived through a time...
02:25:19 ...of reading and writing
02:27:21 ...even when she shouted at me
02:32:36 ...so I don't get involved now
02:39:32 A man with a suitcase
02:46:53 Subtitles by NiX for FileHeaven from PAL vhs

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed616
Dialogue density3.5 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line02:46:53

Production Record

DirectorWim Wenders
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes6,782