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Synopsis

Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to lose his bearings, and he wanders aimlessly through the city streets and spends the night with the box-office attendant of a movie theatre.

Year1971
CountryGermany
DirectorWim Wenders
Cinematic Threads
In the early seventies, when I made my first films, I was mainly influenced by American movies and Yasujiro Ozu.
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