Falsche Bewegung (1975)

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)
Falso movimiento (Colombia) (Spain) [es]
Falso movimento (Italy) [it]
Faux mouvement (France) [fr]
Lathos kinisi (Greece) [el]
Movimento Falso (Brazil) [pt]
Movimento em Falso (Portugal) [pt]
Téves mozdulat (Hungary) [hu]
Wrong Move (Finland) (DVD title) [fi]

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

An interesting journey -- worth seeing once.

I wouldn't call it a masterpiece.

And, to be honest with you, I haven't seen "The Wrong Move" in many years.

That said, I possibly lacked the life experience(s) to understand the unspoken message. But I did find the "freeflow" aspect of the journey interesting. Certain visual images along the way were filmed matter-of-fact, like Truffaut's characters who appear dramatically and yet, have no actual connection to the story.

I remember feeling unsatisfied with the film's resolution. (How the "journey" was resolved). But then again, perhaps it was unrealistic to expect anything else.