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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jun 3
Wim Wenders Foundation Pulls 1975 Film 'Wrong Move' Over 13-Year-Old Kinski Nude Scene
Updated
Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jun 3

Wim Wenders Foundation Pulls 1975 Film 'Wrong Move' Over 13-Year-Old Kinski Nude Scene

3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jun 3

Summary

  • Wrong Move was withdrawn from circulation on Wednesday, with the Wim Wenders Foundation ordering streamers, broadcasters and distributors to stop public access to the 1975 film.
  • The move follows years of objections from Nastassja Kinski, now 65, over a scene shot when she was 13 that shows her partly nude as a 30-something co-star lies on top of her.
  • Wenders said at last Friday’s German Film Awards that he would not shoot the scene today and knows it still causes Kinski pain, but he stopped short of promising to cut it.
  • Legal pressure has intensified the dispute: Kinski’s lawyer Christian Schertz said he will sue if the scene is not removed, while German commentators argued deleting it would be the right step.

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