The Wrong Move

The Wrong Move
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Directed by	Wim Wenders
Written by	Peter Handke
Starring	Rüdiger Vogler Hanna Schygulla Marianne Hoppe Nastassja Kinski Hans Christian Blech Peter Kern Ivan Desny Lisa Kreuzer
Cinematography	Robby Müller
Edited by	Peter Przygodda
Distributed by	Axiom Films (UK and Ireland)
Release dates	1975
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Wrong Move (UK) or Wrong Movement (USA video title) (German: Falsche Bewegung) is a 1975 German road movie directed by Wim Wenders. This was the second part of Wenders' "Road Movie Trilogy" which included Alice in the Cities (1974) and Kings of the Road (1976). The Wrong Move stars Rüdiger Vogler and Hanna Schygulla and notably was the film debut of Nastassja Kinski, who later played one of the leading roles in Wenders' film Paris, Texas (1984), as well as appearing in his Faraway, So Close (1993). Kinski was thirteen years old at the time of filming.

The film is largely plot-less, with long carefully composed shots characteristic of Wenders' work. The story follows the wanderings of an aspiring young writer, Wilhelm Meister (Rüdiger Vogler), who undertakes a journey from his hometown Glückstadt to Bonn, leaving behind his oppressive mother. Travelling from place to place about West Germany, Meister gathers an odd cast of friends, and winds up alone on the Zugspitze. The mountain symbolized the distance he has put between himself from his fellow man. Nevertheless, he remains dedicated to becoming a writer. His thoughts are occasionally presented in voice-over. The road movie is a rough adaption of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship – generally considered to be the first Bildungsroman ("novel of formation"). Cinematography by long-time Wenders collaborator Robby Müller.

External links

• The Wrong Move at IMDb
• Official website