Falsche Bewegung (1975)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe (novel)
Peter Handke (writer)

Release Date:

April 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn...

Plot Keywords:

Girl Man Relationship | Road Movie | Road | Based On Novel

Awards:

7 wins

Cast

Rüdiger Vogler	...	Wilhelm
Hans Christian Blech	...	Laertes
Hanna Schygulla	...	Therese Farner
Nastassja Kinski	...	Mignon (as Nastassja Nakszynski)
Peter Kern	...	Bernhard Landau
Ivan Desny	...	Industrieller / The Industrialist
Marianne Hoppe	...	Mutter / The Mother
Lisa Kreuzer	...	Janine (as Elisabeth Kreuzer)
Adolf Hansen	...	Schaffner (as Adolph Hansen)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gustav Leonhardt	...	Johann Sebastian Bach, form film 'Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach' (archive footage)

Directed by
Wim Wenders

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe		novel "Wilhelm Meister"
Peter Handke		writer

Produced by
Bernd Eichinger	....	producer
Peter Genée	....	producer
Joachim von Mengershausen	....	producer

Original Music by
Jürgen Knieper

Cinematography by
Robby Müller

Film Editing by
Peter Przygodda

Production Design by
Heidi Lüdi

Costume Design by
Heidi Lüdi

Production Management
Rolf M. Degener	....	production manager
Harald Kügler	....	production manager
Christian Rück	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Micky Kley	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Klaus-Peter Kaiser	....	assistant sound
Peter Kaiser	....	sound
Martin Müller	....	sound
Jasmin Schöler	....	sound mixer
Paul Schöler	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Martin Schäfer	....	assistant camera
Martin Schäfer	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Barbara von Weitershausen	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Alfred Hiebner	....	technical director
Max Porupha	....	technical director
Herbert Svee	....	technical director

Production Companies

• Albatros Produktion
• Solaris Film
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Distributors

• Filmverlag der Autoren (1975) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Bauer International (1979) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Europa Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD) (Portuguese subtitles)
• Ripley's Home Video (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Pacific Arts Video (1987) (USA) (VHS) (subtitled)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2009) (Finland) (DVD)

Also Known As:

False Movement
The Wrong Move (UK)
The Wrong Movement (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (f) | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Boppard, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Company:

Albatros Produktion

Movie Connections:

Features Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)

Soundtrack:

Goldberg Variation, 25 Variation

A masterpiece

Many people spring to life when expressing their contempt for Wim Wenders' films, pushing themselves toward new heights of eloquence...and for that reason I usually keep my admiration for him to myself but this movie and the Goalie's Anxiety (not the easiest film to watch) really hit the nail on the head. Incredible portraits of people (in this case men) who have itches that they just can't scratch! In one scene the "hero" listens to the ex-Nazi make some crack about Jesse Owens getting the gold medal and he says,"..so you wouldn't have stood on the platform next to a black man?" and I thought, "I would give anything to see an American movie with a conversation as half as real as this!" You think Wenders is boring? Ok, fine, he's boring. But American movies are phony, like Mcdonald's french fries, they're treated with formaldahyde to maintain their "natural" color.