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Born August 14, 1945 (age 81) • Düsseldorf • Germany
Awards And Honors Cannes film festival
Notable Works “Hammett” • “Land of Plenty” • “Paris, Texas” • “Submergence” • “The End of Violence” • “Salt of the Earth, The” • “Wings of Desire”
Movement / Style New German Cinema

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Wim Wenders, wearing glasses and a patterned jacket over a red shirt, speaks into a microphone at a panel discussion with a video camera recording him in Berlin, Germany.
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