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)