Overview
- Wim Wenders announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing his 1975 film Faux mouvement from distribution because it contains a scene showing Nastassja Kinski, who was about 13 at the time, partially undressed.
- Kinski has spent more than a decade asking Wenders to remove the scene and said in a recent interview that she was not protected during the shoot.
- The Fondation Wim Wenders said it will convene a broad dialogue with German film institutions to agree how to handle the film and other controversial 20th-century works before any re-release.
- Kinski’s lawyer, Christian Schertz, said the film should have been withdrawn long ago and criticized Wenders for acting only after sustained public pressure.
- The case joins past disputes over minors and non-consensual material in older films and could prompt museums, festivals, and rights holders to weigh options such as withdrawal, restricted access, contextual framing, or edits.