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Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

German filmmaker
August 14, 1945 (78 years old)

Anselm

V.O.: Anselm - Das Rauschen der Zeit
All. 2023. Documentary by Wim Wenders. Portrait of contemporary artist Anselm Kiefer, through his life, his work, his creative process and his fascination with history and myth.
Runtime: 93 min.
Jap. 2023. Dramatic comedy by Wim Wenders with Koji Yakusho, Arisa Nakano, Tokio Emoto. In Tokyo, the happy, well-adjusted life of a public toilet cleaner is disrupted by a surprise visit from his runaway niece.
Runtime: 123 min.
It. 2018. Documentary by Wim Wenders. A candid portrait of Pope Francis combining exclusive one-on-one interviews and close-up coverage of his travels around the world.
Runtime: 96 min.
All. 2017. Thriller by Wim Wenders with James McAvoy, Alicia Vikander, Celyn Jones. Facing life-or-death ordeals, a Scotsman held captive by jihadist fighters in Africa and a scientist exploring the Greenland Sea must rely on their deep emotional connection.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

V.O.: Les Beaux Jours d'Aranjuez
Fr. 2016. Drama by Wim Wenders with Reda Kateb, Sophie Semin, Jens Harzer. On the terrace of a house in the suburbs of Paris, the discussion between a man and a woman is observed by a writer at his desk inside.
All. 2015. Psychological drama by Wim Wenders with James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marie-Josée Croze. A few years after accidentally causing the death of a child, a novelist meets the deceased
Runtime: 118 min.
All. 2014. Documentary by Wim Wenders, Michael Glawogger, Michael Madsen, Robert Redford, Margreth Olin, Karim Aïnouz. Six international filmmakers make speak the stones of various important buildings dedicated to culture.
Runtime: 165 min.
Br. 2014. Documentary by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders. A look at the life and work of Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, who documented humanity in all its facets.
Runtime: 110 min.
All. 2010. Documentary by Wim Wenders. Artistic portrait of the German choreographer Pina Bausch, who died in 2009, based on four of her most important works.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 2008. by Jane Campion, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jan Kounen, Mira Nair, Gaspar Noé, Abderrahmane Sissako, Wim Wenders. 8 filmmakers share in as many short stories their concerns about progress, setbacks and challenges facing our planet.
All. 2005. Dramatic comedy by Wim Wenders with Sam Shepard, Sarah Polley, Gabriel Mann. A sixty-year-old western actor goes in search of the son he had with a waitress thirty years earlier.
Runtime: 124 min.
All. 2000. Dramatic comedy by Wim Wenders with Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, Milla Jovovich. In a decrepit hotel populated by outcasts, an FBI agent investigates the suspicious death of a newspaper magnate
Runtime: 122 min.
All. 1999. Documentary by Wim Wenders. Cuban musicians from the 1930s became world famous after being rediscovered by an American guitarist.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1997. Psychological drama by Wim Wenders with Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne.
Runtime: 122 min.

Beyond the Clouds

V.O.: Al di là delle nuvale
Runtime: 112 min.
All. 1994. Essay film by Wim Wenders with Rüdiger Vogler, Patrick Bauchau, Teresa Salgueiro. A German sound engineer joins a fellow German friend in Lisbon who is shooting a film the way the pioneers of cinema did.
Runtime: 105 min.

Faraway, So Close!

V.O.: In Weiter Ferne, So Nah!
All. 1992. Tale by Wim Wenders with Otto Sander, Horst Buchholz, Willem Dafoe. An angel who was granted a short period of human life on Earth must relearn to live as a mortal.
Runtime: 140 min.

Until the End of the World

V.O.: Bis ans Ende der Welt
Fr. 1991. Science-fiction by Wim Wenders with Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Sam Neill. Travelling around the world on a secret mission, the son of an inventor is chased by various individuals, including a young woman who has fallen in love with him.
Runtime: 175 min.

Notebook on Cities & Clothes

V.O.: Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern und Städten
All. 1989. Documentary by Wim Wenders.
Runtime: 79 min.

Wings of Desire

V.O.: Der Himmel über Berlin
All. 1987. Poetic drama by Wim Wenders with Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk. In Berlin, an angel fascinated by the beauty of a trapeze artist decides to incarnate himself in order to enjoy the pleasures of the human condition.
Runtime: 126 min.
All. 1985. Documentary by Wim Wenders. German director Wim Wenders confronts his impressions of the city of Tokyo and his memories regarding the work of Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu.
Runtime: 92 min.
All. 1984. Drama by Wim Wenders with Harry Dean Stanton, Hunter Carson, Nastassja Kinski. After wandering for a long time, a man regains the affection of his young son, raised by his brother, and then sets out to find his wife.
Runtime: 145 min.

The State of Things

V.O.: Der Stand der Dinge
All. 1982. Dramatic comedy by Wim Wenders with Patrick Bauchau, Isabelle Weingarten, Allan Goorwitz. A director tries to contact his producer in order to get the necessary funds to continue shooting a film.
Runtime: 127 min.
U.S. 1981. Crime drama by Wim Wenders with Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner.
Runtime: 97 min.
All. 1980. Essay film by Wim Wenders with Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray, Ronee Blakley.
Runtime: 90 min.

The American Friend

V.O.: Der Amerikanische Freund
All. 1977. Crime drama by Wim Wenders with Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer. Under the influence of an American, a Hamburg framer becomes a contract killer.
Runtime: 126 min.

Kings of the Road

V.O.: Im Lauf der Zeit
All. 1976. Psychological drama by Wim Wenders with Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer. A wandering projection equipment repairman picks up a man in his truck who botched his suicide.
Runtime: 174 min.

False Movement

V.O.: Falsche Bewegung
All. 1975. Psychological drama by Wim Wenders with Rüdiger Vogler, Hanna Schygulla, Hans Christian Blech. A traveler meets an old singer and a mute whom he accompanies to the home of a suicidal industrialist.
Runtime: 103 min.

Alice in the Cities

V.O.: Alice in den Stadten
All. 1974. Psychological drama by Wim Wenders with Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rotlander, Elisabeth Kreuzer. While in the United States, a German journalist agrees to take a little girl to Amsterdam at the request of a compatriot.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Scarlet Letter

V.O.: Scharlachrote Buchstabe, Der
All. 1972. Mores drama by Wim Wenders with Senta Berger, Lou Castel, Hans Christian Blech. In the seventeenth century, a doctor returns to a Puritan village in New England undercover to take revenge on a clergyman who has seduced his wife.

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

V.O.: Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter
All. 1971. Psychological drama by Wim Wenders with Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar. After strangling a cashier, a soccer team's goalkeeper travels to Austria, where he seeks to reconnect with an old friend.
Runtime: 101 min.

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