| The Wrong Move | |
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| Directed by | Wim Wenders |
| Screenplay by | Peter Handke |
| Based on | Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Starring | Rüdiger Vogler Hanna Schygulla Marianne Hoppe Nastassja Kinski Hans Christian Blech Peter Kern Ivan Desny Lisa Kreuzer |
| Cinematography | Robby Müller |
| Edited by | Peter Przygodda |
| Music by | Jürgen Knieper |
| Distributed by | Axiom Films (UK and Ireland) |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Wrong Move (German: Falsche Bewegung – "False Movement") is a 1975 German road movie directed by Wim Wenders. This was the second part of Wenders' "Road Movie trilogy" which included Alice in the Cities (1974) and Kings of the Road (1976).
With long carefully composed shots characteristic of Wenders' work, the story follows the wanderings of an aspiring young writer, Wilhelm Meister, as he explores his native country, encounters its people and starts defining his vocation. His thoughts are occasionally presented in voice-over. The work is a rough adaption of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship,[1] an early example of the Bildungsroman[2] or novel of initiation.
- ^ Brady, Richard. "Wrong Move". The New Yorker. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Robison, James (1 June 2016). "Wrong Move: Utter Detachment, Utter Truth". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 9 June 2016.