Kings of the Road
1976 · 176 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 6,782 VOTES · DIR. Wim Wenders
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?
00:26:58 My name's Bruno Winter
00:35:26 Do you know what "loon" means?
00:39:20 The men are repairing something, we'll start in five minutes
00:47:58 -The town... -Schöninger
00:56:35 What a racket!
01:01:15 It was sort of blackmail
01:06:42 I think not
01:12:01 And now... they're gone
01:23:37 Shut up!
01:28:28 Ten minutes ago, but you haven't missed anything
01:33:03 I'll do it
01:39:33 I'll show you something
01:46:43 Don't you need it?
01:53:34 No
01:59:59 The current's very strong
02:12:04 What?
02:18:02 It moves the pictures on 24 times every second
02:23:40 Texas
02:26:24 The "i" was clever and pointed
02:30:42 You fucking coward!
02:33:31 We live with the contradiction
02:40:59 All right, I'll do my best
Cast & Characters
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
Franziska Stömmer
Cinema Owner
Patric Kreuzer
Little Boy
Peter Kaiser
Masturbating Projectionist
Wim Wenders
Spectator at Pauline's Theater
Wim Wenders
Driver of Citroën that is almost hit by Robert
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed616
Dialogue density3.5 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line02:40:59
Production Record
DirectorWim Wenders
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes6,782