Rudolf Schündler

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!

Alexandra Borowski, in her mid-twenties, a high-paid, top-notch model, is one of those jet-set girls who fly to New York today, Bermuda tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow to Rome. She never stays in a hotel for long, never for a long time with a man. Having just arrived in Berlin, numerous young men are already trying to find Alexandra’s favor: the dubious Yugoslav local owner Bogdan, a young industrialist and the Italian photographer Timo. Evening invitations, theater visits, stroll through the night scene and parties are replacing each other.