Rüdiger Vogler

A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.

Phillip is a roving German reporter who, after a chance encounter with an elusive American woman, reluctantly accepts temporary custody of little Alice. Their friendship grows while traveling through various European cities on a search for the girl’s grandmother.

A landmark film from the New German Cinema, Wenders’s iconic road movie offers up a cool portrait of post-war Germany—and its cinemas—through two lonely, sensitive souls. Photographed in sumptuous black-and-white by legendary cinematographer Robby Müller, the film was also dedicated to Fritz Lang!

A woman embarks on a transglobal quest with an enigmatic traveller as the world lies poised on the brink of nuclear war.