Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleGerman filmmaker Wim Wenders has withdrawn his 1975 film The Wrong Move (Getty)German filmmaker Wim Wenders has withdrawn his 1975 film "The Wrong Move" from all distribution channels due to a nude scene featuring a then-13-year-old Nastassja Kinski. Kinski, now 65, has publicly stated that Wenders, her first director, failed to protect her and has urged him to re-edit the film. Wenders issued an apology to Kinski, acknowledging she should have been better protected, and stated the film would remain unavailable until a mutually agreed solution is found. The film, which marked Kinski's debut, features her topless as an apparently mute teen acrobat. Wenders plans to seek a "broad dialogue" with Kinski, the German Film Academy, and other groups to address how to handle controversial 20th-century film works. In fullWim Wenders pulls 1975 film over nude scene with then-13-year-old Nastassja KinskiThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Filmmaker apologises as movie withdrawn after scene featuring nude 13-year-old girl
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleGerman filmmaker Wim Wenders has withdrawn his 1975 film The Wrong Move (Getty)German filmmaker Wim Wenders has withdrawn his 1975 film "The Wrong Move" from all distribution channels due to a nude scene featuring a then-13-year-old Nastassja Kinski. Kinski, now 65, has publicly stated that Wenders, her first director, failed to protect her and has urged him to re-edit the film. Wenders issued an apology to Kinski, acknowledging she should have been better protected, and stated the film would remain unavailable until a mutually agreed solution is found. The film, which marked Kinski's debut, features her topless as an apparently mute teen acrobat. Wenders plans to seek a "broad dialogue" with Kinski, the German Film Academy, and other groups to address how to handle controversial 20th-century film works. In fullWim Wenders pulls 1975 film over nude scene with then-13-year-old Nastassja KinskiThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
