Kings of the Road (1976)
Directed by Wim Wenders
A travelling projector repairman and a man fleeing his marriage drift south together in a moving van along the inner German border, stopping at run-down village cinemas and places from their childhoods.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Riverbank where Robert's VW goes in≈ 00:00:00Elbe river, Lower Saxony, GermanyStated on screen
Robert drives his Beetle into the Elbe and climbs out; Bruno, watching from his van, takes him along.
- 2Village cinemas along the border≈ 00:20:00Along the inner German border, Lower SaxonyInferred
Bruno fixes worn-out projectors in small-town cinemas while the two men barely talk.
- 3Bruno's childhood home≈ 01:45:00Bacharacher Werth (Rhine island), BacharachInferred
- 4Abandoned US observation post≈ 02:20:00Along the inner German border, northern BavariaInferred
- 5Weiße Wand cinema≈ 02:45:00Along the inner German border, northern BavariaInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 721 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Motorcycle: 323 km
- Not shown: 293 km
- Car: 106 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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