Wrong Move (1975) on Netflix
Wilhelm leaves Glückstadt for Bonn to become a writer. He pays the fare of an older man, Laertes, and a mute teen acrobat, Mignon. Therese, an actress, joins them.
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Plot summary
Wilhelm aims to be a writer. Before he leaves his hometown of Glückstadt, his mother buys him a ticket to Bonn and tells him to live. Changing trains in Hamburg, he notices an actress, Therese, and gets her phone number. In his compartment sit Laertes, an older man who sometimes speaks by playing a harmonica, and Mignon, a teenage acrobat who appears to be mute and has no money of her own. Wilhelm buys tickets for the pair and finds them rooms in his inexpensive hotel. Therese turns up there as well. Bernhard, an Austrian who hopes to become a poet, joins the group. He claims a rich uncle owns a castle on a peak above the Rhine, but the house they reach is the wrong one, and its owner invites them to stay.
Cast
- Adolf Hansenas Schaffner (as Adolph Hansen)
- Gustav Leonhardtas Johann Sebastian Bach, form film 'Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach' (archive footage)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Wrong Move (1975)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- In June 2026, Wim Wenders had his Wim Wenders Foundation withdraw Wrong Move from all distribution after Nastassja Kinski, who was filmed topless at 13, said he had not protected her; she had spent 15 years trying to get him to change the film.
- Wrong Move marked the debut of Nastassja Kinski, whom Wenders' wife found in a disco in Munich; she was 13 during filming and later took a leading role in Wenders' Paris, Texas (1984).
- Wrong Move won several honours at the German Film Awards, among them the first of two acting awards Peter Kern would win at that ceremony.
