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The State of Things(Movie, 1982)

Original title: "Der Stand der Dinge" (German/DE)
2h 5min | Genre: Drama
The State of ThingsRating: 3.3/5 (with 3232 votes)
The State of Things (German: Der Stand der Dinge) is a 1982 road movie film directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film crew stuck in Portugal after the production runs out of film stock and money. The director travels to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer. ()
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About The State of Things

On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film.

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DER STAND DER DINGE - Trailer ( 1982 )(Trailer, 3:36)

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Additional Information

Original language: German (DE)
Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT)
Translated into 12 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 03/22/1982
Director: Wim Wenders
Producer: Paulo Branco
Screenwriter: Robert Kramer, Wim Wenders
Director of Photography: Henri Alekan, Martin Schäfer, Fred Murphy
Composer: Jürgen Knieper
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"L'Etat des Choses"
"ことの次第"
"사물의 상태"
"Tingenes tilstand"
"O Estado das Coisas"

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