Kings of the Road
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Kings of the Road is a 1976 road movie by German director Wim Wenders, celebrated for its contemplative style and Robby Müller’s atmospheric black-and-white cinematography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kings of the Road canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraUsed | Arriflex cameras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robby Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by film critics ⓘ |
| director | Wim Wenders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Filmverlag der Autoren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Przygodda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | various towns along the inner German border ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Wim Wenders' road movie trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
Alice in the Cities
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wrong Move NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
road film ⓘ |
| hasCinematicStyle |
minimalist
ⓘ
observational ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle | episodic ⓘ |
| hasTagline | “The Americans have colonized our subconscious.” ⓘ |
| hasTitleInGerman | Im Lauf der Zeit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bruno Winter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Lander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Improvised and compiled soundtrack ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric black-and-white cinematography
ⓘ
contemplative style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOfMovement | New German Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Hanns Zischler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rüdiger Vogler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Road Movies Filmproduktion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
depressed journalist
ⓘ
itinerant film projector repairman ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| restoration | digitally restored print ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 175 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Wim Wenders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | border region between West Germany and East Germany ⓘ |
| soundDesignBy | Martin Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation in modern Germany
ⓘ
decline of small-town cinemas ⓘ male friendship ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1970s West Germany ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.