"Falsche Bewegung" or "False Movement" is a German film from slightly over 40 years ago written and directed by Wim Wenders. The main character is player by Rüdiger Vogler and just like him there are several actors and crew members in here that Wenders worked with in more movies before and after this one. Being a fan of the duo's collaboration on "Alice in the Cities", I must say I was a bit disappointed here. In my opinion, Vogler is not really one who can play aggressive characters very impressively, like for example Brauss in "Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter". That's why I felt that the final scene did not appear very realistic.
The atmosphere and tone is similar to other movies by the filmmaker behind this one here. It is the depiction of life in a realistic manner with rarely something happening that is out of the ordinary. And I felt that this film dragged more than other Wenders films. Yes there were also some good moments occasionally and the acting is pretty convincing most of the time too, but as a whole it did not feel sufficient for a film that runs for almost 100 minutes, even if that is certainly among Wenders' shortest full feature films. All in all, I do not recommend the watch or at least not as one of the first choices if you are interested in getting into Wenders' body of work. Check out some of the other films I mentioned in this review here too. As for "Falsche Bewegung", I give it a thumbs-down.
The atmosphere and tone is similar to other movies by the filmmaker behind this one here. It is the depiction of life in a realistic manner with rarely something happening that is out of the ordinary. And I felt that this film dragged more than other Wenders films. Yes there were also some good moments occasionally and the acting is pretty convincing most of the time too, but as a whole it did not feel sufficient for a film that runs for almost 100 minutes, even if that is certainly among Wenders' shortest full feature films. All in all, I do not recommend the watch or at least not as one of the first choices if you are interested in getting into Wenders' body of work. Check out some of the other films I mentioned in this review here too. As for "Falsche Bewegung", I give it a thumbs-down.