Wim Wenders Pulls 1975 Film over Nude Scene with Then-13-Year-Old Nastassja Kinski
Wenders said the film will be pulled from distribution and apologized, after Kinski’s campaign over a topless scene she filmed at age 13.
- On Wednesday, award-winning German director Wim Wenders announced he is withdrawing his 1975 film "Wrong Move" from all distribution channels following a campaign by actress Nastassja Kinski regarding a topless scene filmed when she was 13 years old.
- Kinski told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung that she had spent years asking Wenders to change the film, stating, "That was my first film, he was my first director and he didn't protect me."
- In an Instagram statement, Wenders apologized unreservedly, saying, "For that, I apologise to you, Nastassja, unreservedly, no ifs and buts," while the Wim Wenders Foundation instructed streaming services and broadcasters to cease public access.
- Christian Schertz, a lawyer for Kinski, welcomed the decision but stated the move was "long overdue" and expressed regret it occurred only as a result of public pressure.
- The Wim Wenders Foundation will seek a "broad dialogue" with German film institutions about the film's future, as Wenders aims for a "mutually agreed solution" with Kinski before making it available again.
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Wim Wenders finally thinks child exploitation was The Wrong Move
51 years after the film’s release, the renowned German auteur Wim Wenders has announced that he is pulling his 1975 film, The Wrong Move, from circulation because it features a 13-year-old actress, Nastassja Kinski, topless. While it took Wenders five decades to admit wrongdoing, Kinski had reportedly been calling to shelve the film for the last 15. “Even though I didn’t know much at 13, I could already tell that wasn’t right,” she told the Germ…
German director Wenders pulls 1975 film over child nude scene
Award-winning German director Wim Wenders said Wednesday he was withdrawing his 1975 film Wrong Move after a campaign by actress Nastassja Kinski against a scene in which she appeared topless when she was 13 years old. “As the only person responsible at the time for Wrong Move who is still here, I recognize that Nastassja Kinski should have been better protected back then,” Wenders, 80, said in the statement. “For that, I apologize to you, Nasta…
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