Summer in the City (film)

Summer in the City
Summer in the City
Directed by	Wim Wenders
Written by	Wim Wenders
Produced by	Wim Wenders; Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF);
Starring	Hanns Zischler
Cinematography	Robby Müller
Edited by	Peter Przygodda
Release date	1970;
Running time	125 minutes
Language	German

Summer in the City is the first full-length feature film by director Wim Wenders, released in 1970 and starring Hanns Zischler.

Wenders' first full-length film was produced as his graduation project at the University of Television and Film Munich ("Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München") which he attended from 1967 to 1970. Shot in 16 mm black and white by long-time Wenders collaborator Robby Müller, the movie exhibited many of Wenders' later trademark themes of aimless searching, running from invisible demons, and persistent wandering toward an indeterminate goal.

According to Wenders, the title of the film relates to the song from the band The Lovin' Spoonful, which was also included in the film,^[1] although a painting by Edward Hopper may have influenced Wenders as well.^[2] Wenders, an admirer of both The Lovin' Spoonful and Hopper, has included references to them in several of his films.

Plot

The film narrates the journey of protagonist Hans (Zischler) after he is released from prison. Searching through seedy West German streets and bars, he finally winds up visiting an old friend in Berlin.

References

^ Stefan Kolditz: Summer in the City in Frieda Grafe et al.: Wim Wenders. Hanser, Munich/Vienna 1992. Page 123
^ Gerd Gemünden: Framed visions: popular culture, Americanization, and the contemporary German and Austrian imagination. University of Michigan Press, 1998. Page 10

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[1] Stefan Kolditz: Summer in the City in Frieda Grafe et al.: Wim Wenders. Hanser, Munich/Vienna 1992. Page 123

[2] Gerd Gemünden: Framed visions: popular culture, Americanization, and the contemporary German and Austrian imagination. University of Michigan Press, 1998. Page 10

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Feature films	Summer in the City (1970) The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (1972) The Scarlet Letter (1973) Alice in the Cities (1974) The Wrong Move (1975) Kings of the Road (1976) The American Friend (1977) Lightning Over Water (1980) Hammett (1982) The State of Things (1982) Paris, Texas (1984) Wings of Desire (1987) Until the End of the World (1991) Faraway, So Close! (1993) Lisbon Story (1994) The End of Violence (1997) The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) Land of Plenty (2004) Don't Come Knocking (2005) Palermo Shooting (2008) Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (2016) Submergence (2017) Perfect Days (2023)
Documentaries	Room 666 (1982) Tokyo-Ga (1985) Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989) A Trick of Light (1995) Buena Vista Social Club (1999) The Soul of a Man (2003) Pina (2011) The Salt of the Earth (2014) Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018) Anselm (2023)
Short films	"Twelve Miles to Trona" in Ten Minutes Older (2002) "Person to Person" in 8 (2008)
Photography books	Pictures from the Surface of the Earth (2001) Instant Stories (2017)
Related	Road Movie trilogy (1974–1976) Beyond the Clouds (1995) City of Angels (1998)