Wenders' first full-length film was produced as his graduation project at the Academy of Film and Television in Munich ("Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München") which he attended from 1967 to 1970. Shot in 16 mm black and white by subsequent 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. In this case the journey is that 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.

一位德国成功的摄影师，他的电话还是响个不停，应酬还是没完没了。为躲避这些，他来到意大利南部城市帕勒莫，但是在这里他遇到了一个神秘杀手的追逐，与此同时，他遇到了新的爱情和新的生活。

本片改编自Joe Gores推理小说。故事关于一名侦探小说作家汉密特因为职业牵涉到一宗错综复杂的神秘案件中，而对他日后的工作影响深远，汉密特受人之托到旧金山寻找一名名叫“小晶”的失踪中国女孩，结果发现了一连串谋杀的“自杀”案件，在侦探过程中，汉密特几乎丧命，但到了最后，发现凶手居然是……
1928年的美国旧金山，时年34岁的哈麦特仍是一个卑微而潦倒的低级杂志的雇佣文人，并饱受在一战的军队里染上肺病的折磨。哈麦特年轻时曾在平克顿私人侦探公司工作过一段时间，现在，他就以写侦破小说为生。那天晚上，就在他正在写侦破小说的最后一页时，小说中的主人公赖恩突然出现了。他要哈麦特帮他找一个叫克里斯泰·林的16岁的中国姑娘。哈麦特随身携带的小说稿在寻找林的过程中丢失了，而他同赖恩也失去了联系。回到公寓的哈麦特看到林正在那里，她自认：黑社会的头目方伟堂将她卖给了一个叫卡拉汉的人，而卡拉汉的老婆在嫉妒心的驱使下将丈夫杀掉。在方伟堂开的赌场里，哈麦特用钱买回了丢失的小说稿。他又在警察局看到了一具据说是林的尸体，尸体已被毁容，他同时还观看了一部关于林和六个男人鬼混的影片。原来，摄影师索尔特雇了赖恩去寻找林，卡拉汉的律师黑兹唐在打手企图打死哈麦特时救了他一命。哈麦特看到林和赖恩在码头上，他终于明白：这两人原来是一伙的。林打死了想告发她的赖恩。哈麦特的稿子掉进了水里，遂干脆以这几天的冒险经历为主体，重新创作了一部小说：《马耳他之鹰》。

文德斯描写了暴力的外在表现，试图从一个新的角度来探讨现代社会里的暴力问题。迈克·马克斯是好莱坞的电影监制，他成功地制作了一系列血腥暴力的动作片，成为电影圈名利双收权重一时的人物。
影片中与科技相伴随的不仅是疏离，还有暴力。马克斯用他的电脑制作暴力电影，而加布里尔·拜恩扮演的科学家雷被迫操纵着一套奥威尔式的监视系统，政府特工靠它可以希望可以如愿地消灭敌人。新的通信技术与其说是我们“疏离的现状”的象征，更是它的实际根源文德斯的这部作品有着针对加利福尼亚娱乐业的用心，影片展现了人类文化中暴力成分给予人的情感冲击。

百万美元酒店是一座汇聚了三教九流的酒店，这里有着各色各样的人物。一天，一名青年从酒店楼上跳楼自杀了，FBI探员史金纳（梅尔•吉布森 Mel Gibson 饰）奉命来到酒店调查。面对各色各样并不好惹的人，史金纳利用手段拉拢了酒店的智障住户汤姆（杰瑞米•戴维斯 Jeremy Davies 饰）和另一个住户妓女艾易丝（米拉•乔沃维奇 Milla Jovovich 饰）帮助调查。
原本平平无奇的案情，却因死者是传媒大亨的儿子而变得扑朔迷离。原本对此漠不关心的住客们，为了能从死者父亲那里获得一点好处，而各执一词，对案件做出各种各样的假设，其实多数是不着边际的谎话。而汤姆由于不是心甘情愿地帮助史金纳，出于道义他隐瞒了案子的内情。面对这种情形，史金纳也措手不及。为了理清案情，他只能使出“非常手段”。

A Bolivian mother has emigrated to Spain in the hope of being able to keep her family out of abject poverty. When her family member died from Chagas, a life-threatening parasitic disease, she still has to earn for livings far away from her home country; In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where armed conflict is ongoing, women are still under the threat of being sexually assaulted by combatants; In Uganda, thousands of children cover long distances every night to search for places of refuge to avoid being kidnapped as child soldiers; patients suffering from sleeping sickness do not have access to the essential medicines; thousands of Colombian families who are victims of the violence perpetrated by their country's various armed groups on the rural population try hard to return to their homeland.
With the help of Médecins Sans Frontières, five well-known directors have come together to give voice to the real-life protagonists of the film, the victims of five of the most under-reported crises.

A highlight of the exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler from January 26 till May 17, 2020 will be the screening of "Two or three things I know about Edward Hopper", a 3D short film by renowned director and photographer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire; Don’t Come Knocking). Inspired by Edward Hopper’s “American spirit”, the film will be shown in spectacular 3D projection.

The first film I did with Peter Handke. It was a film about American music, about three pieces of three Lps. There was a song by Van Morrison, another by Harvey Mandel, and one of Credence Clearwater Revival. It was mainly the music and some shots out of a car, landscapes out of the car window. And it had a little bit of commentary – dialogue between Peter and me about American music and about how American rock music was about emotion and images instead of sounds.

部分剧集描述：The Island & From the Family of Reptiles (Two Wim Wenders Shorts)
“A commissioned work (in between ALICE IN THE CITIES and WRONG E MOVE) for a television series on WDR, A House for Us. FROM THE FAMILY O F REPTILES and THE ISLAND are a complete program in two episodes. After all with Michael Ballhaus as the cinematographer.
Ute (Katja Wulff), an 8 year old girl, constantly runs away from home and the youth center to escape into her own world. She spends many hours at the zoo and especially in front of the crocodil compound…
Monika Brehm (Lisa Kreuzer), the kindergarten teacher, tries to find an entrance into Ute’s world. She realizes that her escapes are a form of withdrawal from her parents and the grown up world.
Monika manages to convince Mr. and Mrs. Hagedorn that their daughter is not mischievous or insidious but that her parents should consult a Psychotherapist with her. But as usual all the therapists are booked out and have a long waiting list for patients. So Ute is left alone once more with her helpless parents and she is more and more drawn to the zoo and her beloved crocodiles.
Thanks to Monika’s sense of responsibility and her commitment, Ute manages to break free from her isolation.”

这是一部讲述平凡人在日常生活中寻找美好的电影。主人公平山是一名清洁工，对于平凡而规律的工作生活感到满足。除此之外，他热爱音乐、书籍和拍摄树木的照片。一次意外的相遇渐渐揭示了他的过去…

这种独特的电影体验深入到一位艺术家的作品中，揭示了他的生活道路、灵感和创作过程。它探索了安塞姆对神话和历史的迷恋。过去和现在交织在一起，模糊了电影和绘画之间的界限，让观众完全沉浸在当代最伟大的艺术家之一安塞姆·基弗的非凡世界中。维姆·文德斯用两年的时间，以惊人的3D技术拍摄了这幅独特的肖像画。

Place: Ceylon
Time: Ancient times
Act 1
The scene is a desolate seashore, with the ruins of a Hindu temple in the background. A chorus of pearl fishermen sing of the dangerous tasks that lie ahead ("Sur la grève en feu"), and perform ritual dances to drive away evil spirits. They then elect one of their number, Zurga, as their leader, or "king". Nadir enters, and is hailed by Zurga as a long-lost friend. Left alone, the pair reminisce about their past in the city of Kandy, where their friendship was nearly destroyed by their mutual love of a young priestess whose beauty they had glimpsed briefly. They had each renounced their love for this stranger and had sworn to remain true to each other. Now, reunited, they affirm once again that they will be faithful until death ("Au fond du temple saint").
A boat draws up on the beach bearing the veiled figure of Leila, the virgin priestess whose prayers are required to ensure the safety of the fishermen. Although neither of them recognises her, she is the woman from Kandy with whom Nadir and Zurga had been in love. As Zurga is explaining her duties, she recognises Nadir, but she says nothing and shortly afterwards is led up to the temple by the high priest Nourabad. Zurga and the fishermen go down to the sea, leaving Nadir alone. In a troubled soliloquy before he sleeps he recalls how, in Kandy, he had broken his vows to Zurga and pursued his love for the veiled woman ("Je crois entendre encore"). It was the rumour that she might be found in this place that brought him here. Alone in the temple, Leila prays and sings. Nadir wakes and, recognising the voice of his long-desired lover, traces it to the temple. Leila briefly draws her veil aside, he sees it is she and the pair declare their renewed passion. On the beach, the fishermen plead with her to continue protecting them, but she tells Nadir she will sing for him alone ("O Dieu Brahma").
Act 2
In the temple with Nourabad, Leila expresses fear at being left alone, but Nourabad exhorts her to be brave and to fulfil her vows to Brahma on pain of her own death. She tells him of the courage she once displayed when, as a child, she had hidden a fugitive from his enemies and refused to give him up even when threatened with death ("J'étais encore enfant"). The fugitive had rewarded her with a necklace that he asked her always to wear. She had kept this promise, as she would her vows. On the priest's departure, Leila quietly muses on the former times when she and Nadir would meet together secretly ("Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre"). Nadir then enters; in her fear of Nourabad's threats Leila begs him to leave, but he remains and the two declare their love in a passionate duet ("Léïla! Léïla!...Dieu puissant, le voilà!"). He goes, promising to return next night, but as he leaves he is captured by the fishermen and brought back to the temple. Zurga, as the fishermen's leader, at first resists the fishermen's calls for Nadir's execution and advocates mercy. However, after Nourabad removes Leila's veil, Zurga recognises her as his former love; consumed by jealousy and rage, he orders that both Nadir and Leila be put to death. A violent storm erupts, as the fishermen unite in singing a hymn to Brahma ("Brahma divin Brahma!").
Act 3
In his tent on the beach, Zurga notes that the storm has abated, as has his rage; he now feels remorse for his anger towards Nadir ("L'orage est calmé"). Leila is brought in; Zurga is captivated by her beauty as he listens to her pleas for Nadir's life, but his jealousy is rekindled. He confesses his love for her, but refuses mercy ("Je suis jaloux"). Nourabad and some of the fishermen enter to report that the funeral pyre is ready. As Leila is taken away, Zurga observes her giving one of the fishermen her necklace, asking for its return to her mother. With a shout, Zurga rushes out after the group and seizes the necklace.
Outside the temple, Nadir waits beside the funeral pyre as the crowd, singing and dancing, anticipates the dawn and the coming double execution ("Dès que le soleil"). He is joined by Leila; resigned now to their deaths, the pair sing of how their souls will soon be united in heaven. A glow appears in the sky, and Zurga rushes in to report that the fishermen's camp is ablaze. As the men hurry away to save their homes, Zurga frees Leila and Nadir. He returns the necklace to Leila, and reveals that he is the man she saved when she was a child. He recognises now that his love for her is in vain, and tells her and Nadir to flee. As the couple depart, singing of the life of love that awaits them, Zurga is left alone, to await the fishermen's return ("Plus de crainte...Rêves d'amour, adieu!").
(In the revised version of the ending introduced after the opera's 1886 revival, Nourabad witnesses Zurga's freeing of the prisoners and denounces him to the fishermen, one of whom stabs Zurga to death as the last notes sound of Leila and Nadir's farewell song. In some variations Zurga meets his death in other ways, and his body is consigned to the pyre.)

Place: Ceylon
Time: Ancient times
Act 1
The scene is a desolate seashore, with the ruins of a Hindu temple in the background. A chorus of pearl fishermen sing of the dangerous tasks that lie ahead ("Sur la grève en feu"), and perform ritual dances to drive away evil spirits. They then elect one of their number, Zurga, as their leader, or "king". Nadir enters, and is hailed by Zurga as a long-lost friend. Left alone, the pair reminisce about their past in the city of Kandy, where their friendship was nearly destroyed by their mutual love of a young priestess whose beauty they had glimpsed briefly. They had each renounced their love for this stranger and had sworn to remain true to each other. Now, reunited, they affirm once again that they will be faithful until death ("Au fond du temple saint").
A boat draws up on the beach bearing the veiled figure of Leila, the virgin priestess whose prayers are required to ensure the safety of the fishermen. Although neither of them recognises her, she is the woman from Kandy with whom Nadir and Zurga had been in love. As Zurga is explaining her duties, she recognises Nadir, but she says nothing and shortly afterwards is led up to the temple by the high priest Nourabad. Zurga and the fishermen go down to the sea, leaving Nadir alone. In a troubled soliloquy before he sleeps he recalls how, in Kandy, he had broken his vows to Zurga and pursued his love for the veiled woman ("Je crois entendre encore"). It was the rumour that she might be found in this place that brought him here. Alone in the temple, Leila prays and sings. Nadir wakes and, recognising the voice of his long-desired lover, traces it to the temple. Leila briefly draws her veil aside, he sees it is she and the pair declare their renewed passion. On the beach, the fishermen plead with her to continue protecting them, but she tells Nadir she will sing for him alone ("O Dieu Brahma").
Act 2
In the temple with Nourabad, Leila expresses fear at being left alone, but Nourabad exhorts her to be brave and to fulfil her vows to Brahma on pain of her own death. She tells him of the courage she once displayed when, as a child, she had hidden a fugitive from his enemies and refused to give him up even when threatened with death ("J'étais encore enfant"). The fugitive had rewarded her with a necklace that he asked her always to wear. She had kept this promise, as she would her vows. On the priest's departure, Leila quietly muses on the former times when she and Nadir would meet together secretly ("Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre"). Nadir then enters; in her fear of Nourabad's threats Leila begs him to leave, but he remains and the two declare their love in a passionate duet ("Léïla! Léïla!...Dieu puissant, le voilà!"). He goes, promising to return next night, but as he leaves he is captured by the fishermen and brought back to the temple. Zurga, as the fishermen's leader, at first resists the fishermen's calls for Nadir's execution and advocates mercy. However, after Nourabad removes Leila's veil, Zurga recognises her as his former love; consumed by jealousy and rage, he orders that both Nadir and Leila be put to death. A violent storm erupts, as the fishermen unite in singing a hymn to Brahma ("Brahma divin Brahma!").
Act 3
In his tent on the beach, Zurga notes that the storm has abated, as has his rage; he now feels remorse for his anger towards Nadir ("L'orage est calmé"). Leila is brought in; Zurga is captivated by her beauty as he listens to her pleas for Nadir's life, but his jealousy is rekindled. He confesses his love for her, but refuses mercy ("Je suis jaloux"). Nourabad and some of the fishermen enter to report that the funeral pyre is ready. As Leila is taken away, Zurga observes her giving one of the fishermen her necklace, asking for its return to her mother. With a shout, Zurga rushes out after the group and seizes the necklace.
Outside the temple, Nadir waits beside the funeral pyre as the crowd, singing and dancing, anticipates the dawn and the coming double execution ("Dès que le soleil"). He is joined by Leila; resigned now to their deaths, the pair sing of how their souls will soon be united in heaven. A glow appears in the sky, and Zurga rushes in to report that the fishermen's camp is ablaze. As the men hurry away to save their homes, Zurga frees Leila and Nadir. He returns the necklace to Leila, and reveals that he is the man she saved when she was a child. He recognises now that his love for her is in vain, and tells her and Nadir to flee. As the couple depart, singing of the life of love that awaits them, Zurga is left alone, to await the fishermen's return ("Plus de crainte...Rêves d'amour, adieu!").
(In the revised version of the ending introduced after the opera's 1886 revival, Nourabad witnesses Zurga's freeing of the prisoners and denounces him to the fishermen, one of whom stabs Zurga to death as the last notes sound of Leila and Nadir's farewell song. In some variations Zurga meets his death in other ways, and his body is consigned to the pyre.)