Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt - travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters, learning to communicate across their differences.
Rüdiger Vogler
as Bruno Winter
Hanns Zischler
as Robert Lander
Lisa Kreuzer
as Pauline - Cashier
Rudolf Schündler
as Robert's Father
Marquard Bohm
as Man Who Lost His Wife
Hans Dieter Trayer
as Paul - Garage Owner
Franziska Stömmer
as Cinema Owner
Patric Kreuzer
as Little Boy
Wim Wenders
as Spectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)
Peter Kaiser
as Masturbating Projectionist (uncredited)
Michael Wiedemann
as Teacher (uncredited)
