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Wim Wenders has withdrawn his 1975 film Wrong Move from circulation after Nastassja Kinski, who was filmed topless in the film at age 13, urged its removal; the Wim Wenders Foundation will halt all current distribution and exhibition, with streaming and TV partners instructed to stop access. Wenders apologized to Kinski and called for a broader dialogue on handling controversial material from cinema history.
Wim Wenders has pulled his 1975 film The Wrong Move from circulation due to a controversial nude scene featuring Nastassja Kinski at age 13. The Wim Wenders Foundation says streaming and distribution partners will be instructed to cease access, and Wenders has not committed to re-editing the film, though he reflected that he would not shoot the scene today.
German director Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling uses a nonlinear, multi-decade narrative and inventive sound design to reveal women’s hidden traumas on a Saxony-Anhalt farm (1910s–2020s); the film has earned Cannes’ Jury Prize, is Germany’s submission for the international feature Oscar, was shot on a modest budget over 33 days on a single farm, and opens in U.S. theaters.