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Faux mouvement

Original title: Falsche Bewegung
  • 1975
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
4.2K
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Rüdiger Vogler in Faux mouvement (1975)
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A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.

  • Director
    • Wim Wenders
  • Writers
    • Peter Handke
    • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Stars
    • Rüdiger Vogler
    • Hanna Schygulla
    • Hans Christian Blech
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    4.2K
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    • Director
      • Wim Wenders
    • Writers
      • Peter Handke
      • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    • Stars
      • Rüdiger Vogler
      • Hanna Schygulla
      • Hans Christian Blech
    • 22User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Rüdiger Vogler
    Rüdiger Vogler
    • Wilhelm
    Hanna Schygulla
    Hanna Schygulla
    • Therese
    Hans Christian Blech
    Hans Christian Blech
    • Laertes
    Nastassja Kinski
    Nastassja Kinski
    • Mignon
    • (as Nastassja Nakszynski)
    Peter Kern
    Peter Kern
    • Landau
    Ivan Desny
    Ivan Desny
    • Industrieller
    Marianne Hoppe
    Marianne Hoppe
    • Mutter
    Lisa Kreuzer
    Lisa Kreuzer
    • Janine
    • (as Elisabeth Kreuzer)
    Adolf Hansen
    • Schaffner
    • (as Adolph Hansen)
    Wim Wenders
    Wim Wenders
    • Man in Dining Car
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Wim Wenders
    • Writers
      • Peter Handke
      • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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    8christian94

    Peter and Wim win

    Wim Wenders and writer Peter Handke team up a decade before "Berurin Tenshi no Uta" Wings of desire (1987)(Ailes du desir) and 4 decades before The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (2016) based on Peter's play in French to premiere at Cannes this month.

    It is shorter and simpler than Wings of Desire and it feels as though the whole movie is almost one take, one moment, one long reflection on the same theme of loss and loneliness, perhaps longing and love. It is poetic and philosophical, but also human. It succeeds in asking tough questions and not given easy answers. It understands human complexity and perhaps perplexity facing an uncontrollable, sometimes unsatisfying life.

    Momentary solace and camaraderie soon dissolves as things fall apart naturally, casually and necessarily. Much more down to Earth than somehow esoteric Wings of Desire and has a direct impact on the viewer even if often dark and detached beyond the light-hearted and hypnotic beginning.

    A interesting find, and perhaps one of the best movies of 1975, winning 6 German Film Awards including a deserving best direction, best screenplay and best cinematography by Robby Müller who shines on various occasion and gives a cohesive visual feel. I will look up Alice in the Cities (1974) and Kings of the Road (1976) to see see if Wender achieved similar success. Let's hope Peter Handke again gives substance to Wim Wenders now that Wenders is tackling 3 fiction films in a row after dedicating a decade and a half to creating captivating documentaries starting with Oscar-nominated Buena Vista Social Club (1999) and even better recent offerings Pina (2011) and The Salt of the Earth (2014).
    10Mighty E

    An excellent examination of post=war Germany: A Masterpiece

    "Falsche Bewegung," (In the US called "The Wrong Move") is one of the finest films ever produced in Germany and certainly of of film guru Wim Wender's best works. An analysis of the sentiments, both serious and humorous, of the citizens of Post-war Germany, the feelings of guilt, loss, anger, and misdirection is so clearly and frighteningly distributed to the audience it really brings you to thought and to tears. A masterpiece.
    6dromasca

    the road seems to go nowhere

    Time does not always work in favor of movies. The second film I saw in Wim Wenders' retrospective at the local cinematheque was' Wrong Move' (the original title in German is' Falsche Bewegung'), which belongs to the cycle of three 'road movies' created by the director at the beginning of his career in the 1970s. It's one of those cases where as a film lover you can recognize many of the cultural ideas and landmarks on which the film is based and you can identify signs of the director's subsequent evolution. However, there is a lack of vibration and even of a great deal of interest, since the problems of post-war Germany are largely out of date and the style of dialogues combining existentialism with Goethe's writing experiences does not resonate in any way for the viewers of today.

    Those who read Goethe know that Wilhelm Meister is the hero one of his novels in which the hero, a young writer in the making, crosses the future of Germany from north to south on a journey of intellectual initiation and self-discovery, trying to find the literary and emotional resources necessary for his profession. The action is shifted to the Germany of the 1970s when young Wilhelm Meister receives as a present a similar journey from his mother. He gets on his way and meets some bizarre and especially alienated characters typical of a society that had not completely exited the post-war trauma. The accumulation of information and emotion is rendered in the film through a combination of slow action, dialogues that are actually more monologues, and off-screen text probably extracted from Goethe's book. It is a combination that may have worked and may have been really interesting in the movies of the '60s or '70s (used intensely by Antonioni for example) but which in this film has a dormant effect.

    Yet, there are a few good reasons why this film deserves to be seen. First of all for the two formidable actresses that appear in the cast. For Nastassja Kinski , still at teenage age and before getting the name under which she became famous, it was the debut film. For Hanna Schygulla, at the peak of her beauty, it was probably the first important role. Both play splendidly in roles that fit them perfectly. The problem is that each of the actors seems to play their roles separately. There is a story in the film that includes an ambiguous romantic triangle, but it lacks any vibration, perhaps because of the wooden acting of the actor in the lead role (Rüdiger Vogler). The existentialist type of the characters has real motives in the history of Germany at that time, but for today's spectators, especially if they are not familiar with that history, their behavior is difficult to understand. The feeling of verbosity at certain moments is accentuated by the slow pace of action in the intermediate scenes. In the absence of many obsolete cultural and historical landmarks, 'Wrong Move' does not say much to the contemporary film viewers.
    lazarillo

    Early existentialist Wender's film

    This early Wim Wenders film is about a frustrated writer who is encouraged by his mother to take a train trip to Bonn. On the way he meets an odd assortment of characters including a former concentration camp guard who is now a street musician, a mute teenage acrobat, a semi-famous actress, a hilarious overweight would-be poet, and the latter's "uncle", a depressed suicidal recluse. The film is rather talky and philosophical, frequently meditating on the nature of artistic creation itself. It has kind of morose atmosphere to it like Wender's later film "Paris, Texas", but without the redemptive ending. For lack of a better word I would call it existentialist. Like "Paris, Texas" it's kind of an existentialist road movie except that the characters travel by train.

    The only recognizable actor in this is a young Nastassia Kinski. This isn't nearly as sexy as one of her late 70's/early 80's roles (but like "To the Devil a Daughter" a year later, it's probably sexier than it ought to be). Still, whereas most male directors at the time were mostly interested in undressing Kinski (both on and off screen), Wenders can be credited at least with making her a more respected actress, mostly with her later role in "Paris, Texas", but also to a lesser extent with her debut role in this.

    I can see why people find this kind of slow-going and perhaps a little depressing. But I found it quite interesting and actually enjoyed it.
    daydreamblvr1210

    less accessible outside of it's historical context

    Wenders' road movies of the 70s have a charm that makes them accessible to many viewers, yet are often linked by the less accessible themes of alienation and detachment. It is an interesting dichotomy and one that comes to focus with this film.

    Political and cultural pre-determinism are not as easily digested outside the German point of view in the 70s, yet it is a common theme amongst Wenders films as well as (arguably) Herzog & Fassbinder (New German cinema contemporaries) . One does not have to be a philosophy or poli-sci major to enjoy this film however. The fact that Wrong Move is freely based on Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship" is easily overlooked by the casual viewer - but if viewed as an allegorical narrative, like Goethe's work, parts of the film come together and make this obtuse, personal work by Wenders more interesting.

    The characters Wilhelm (Rudiger Volger) meets during his trip represent ideological sensibilities of 70s Germany. Mignon played by the teen Nastassja Kinski represents the youth and future of Germany (mute, trusting yet undemanding). Laertes represents the idealism of old Germany, and considers himself a martyr for the Nazi cause. Wilhelm and Therese (Hanna Schygulla) are between these 2 and take action to liberate one from the other. All is told in an un-naturalistic style that only works in some cases. The long (almost single take) walk up the hillside by the river are a good example of where the film shines. The photography by Robby Müller is consistently excellent here.

    It's a difficult film but rewarding to those who take time to understand it from it's original historical and ideological context. Worth seeing for the cinematography of Müller and the presence of Hanna Schygulla and Nastassja Kinski.

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    • Trivia
      The film marks the debut of Nastassja Kinski, whom Wenders' wife discovered in a disco in Munich. Later she played one of the leading roles in Wenders' film Paris, Texas (1984), as well as appearing in his Faraway, So Close (1993).
    • Connections
      Edited from Chronique d'Anna-Magdanela Bach (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      Goldberg Variation, 25 Variation
      Written by Johann Sebastian Bach

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    • Release date
      • October 22, 1975 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Wrong Move
    • Filming locations
      • Boppard, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Albatros Produktion
      • Solaris Film
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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      • DEM 620,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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