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, telling him to live. On the train he meets an older man, an athlete in the 1936 Olympics, and his mute teen companion, Mignon. She's an acrobat in market squares for spare change.
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🔍 Search on JustWatch →This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.
Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.
For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.
Director: Wim Wenders
— MovieFinder Editorial
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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.
Rüdiger Vogler
Wilhelm
Hans Christian Blech
Laertes
Hanna Schygulla
Therese
Nastassja Kinski
Mignon
Peter Kern
Landau
Ivan Desny
Industrialist
Marianne Hoppe
Mother
Lisa Kreuzer
Janine
Adolf Hansen
Conductor
Wim Wenders
Man in Dining Car (uncredited)
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