Summer in the City

Prison discharges Hans into the inhospitable freedom of a cold Munich winter. As a stranger, he strays through familiar streets and bars and tries unsuccessfully to contact old friends. Eventually he takes a plane to a friend in Berlin, fleeing from invisible enemies, on the way to an indeterminate destination.

Wenders’s graduation film for the University of Television and Film Munich already reveals an innovative and individual style. Many of the themes that are woven through his later films, such as his enthusiasm for and inspiration from rock music, already appear here.

“The hero’s path is an escape route, driven by the hope to find a way back to himself through the mere movement of travel.“