Wrong move

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Movie
Original title Wrong move
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1975
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Wim Wenders
script Peter Handke
Wim Wenders
production Bernd Eichinger
Peter Genée
Joachim von Mengershausen
music Jürgen Knieper
camera Robby Muller
cut Peter Przygodda
occupation
chronology

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Alice in the Cities

Successor  →
Over time

Wrong Movement is a German feature film from 1975 by Wim Wenders . The film is a modern adaptation of the classic novel Wilhelm Meister Lehrjahre by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . It forms the second part of Wenders' feature film trilogy "Road Movie" (first part: Alice in the cities , third part: In the course of time ).

action

Wilhelm Meister wants to be a writer . His mother, with whom he still lives in Glückstadt , sends him on a trip so that he can gain a better understanding of human nature. Wilhelm first takes the train to Bonn . When he changed trains in Hamburg , he had eye contact for a while with a certain Therese Farner, who indirectly gave him her phone number. On the train, the withdrawn Wilhelm meets a communicative old man named Laertes, supposedly a professional singer, and the mute artist Mignon who is traveling with him. Laertes promises to tell him a secret.

When Wilhelm arrives in Bonn, he calls Therese, who joins the tour group. There the Austrian poet Bernhard Landau introduces himself to them, a lonely eccentric, and suggests that the next thing be to go to his uncle in the Siebengebirge , a rich industrialist who has a country estate there. They drive there in Therese's car, but the owner is not Bernhard's uncle. Nevertheless, he welcomes the foreign visitors: he had just wanted to shoot himself and secretly hoped to be disturbed. The house is very shabby and littered after the owner's wife committed suicide three months ago, but the group makes itself comfortable there and has conversations about aspects of life. Wilhelm von Laertes' story is shaken that he murdered Jews in the Third Reich and does not regret it.

When the group returns from a long conversation filled walk through the vineyards on the Rhine , it turns out that the homeowner hanged himself in their absence. They quickly leave the property again. Bernhard says goodbye in a freeway parking lot with an unknown destination, the others drive near Frankfurt and stay in Therese's apartment for the time being.

The mood is now irritable. Wilhelm, who wanted to learn something about his fellow human beings, is increasingly confused and has to realize that the people he has met do not open up to him and ultimately remain strangers, and that he hate these people, even Therese, as much as they love them can. During a ferry trip he almost pushes old Laertes into the Main, who runs away on the next bank and is no longer seen.

The two women stay behind when Wilhelm, now alone again, travels to the Zugspitze , where he had never been before. When he is on the summit, he takes this in a monologue as a picture of how far he has moved away from people. Nevertheless, he would like to become a writer.

Reviews

  • Lexicon of international film : Handke's submission on the poverty of contact and the search for meaning in present and traditional life condensed director Wenders into an intense mood picture at the abyss of "progress".

Awards

The film won the German Film Prize in seven categories in 1975 . The entire male and female cast received the Acting Awards. Wim Wenders was named the best director of the year. Robby Müller received the award for the best camera work. Peter Handke received an award for his script. Peter Przygodda for the best editing and Jürgen Knieper for the best film music.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Release certificate for incorrect movement . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 47288 / V). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. Wrong movement. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 25, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used