Wim Wenders withdraws 1975 film Wrong Move over Nastassja Kinski's teen topless scene

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Jun 03, 2026 · 464 words · By Ian Youngs

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Director Wim Wenders withdraws 1975 film over actress's teen topless scene Oscar-nominated German director Wim Wenders has said he will block future access to his 1975 film Wrong Move after appeals from actress Nastassja Kinski, who was filmed topless when…

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What happened

Why it matters

Last month, Kinski told a German newspaper she had been asking Wenders to change the film for years.

Common ground

"That was my first film, he was my first director and he didn't protect me," she told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Wim Wenders withdraws 1975 film Wrong Move over Nastassja Kinski's teen topless scene?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that also appeared in his 1993 film Faraway, So Close?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “also appeared in his 1993 film Faraway, So Close”

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Although the 'evidence gathered' section for claim 9 says 'no evidence found', the evidence provided for claim 8 explicitly includes a Wikipedia snippet stating Kinski appeared in 'Wim Wenders films Paris, Texas (1984) and Faraway, So Close! (1993)'.

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Claim 2: “Nastassja Kinski, who was filmed topless when she was 13”

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Multiple sources, including France24 and various news reports, confirm Kinski was 13 years old when filmed topless in 'Wrong Move'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nanhoï Nikolai Kinski (born July 30, 1976) is a French-American film actor, who has also done work in television and on stage. He was born in Paris, and grew up in California. Currently residing in Be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Kinski

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wrong Move (German: Falsche Bewegung – "False Movement") is a 1975 German road movie directed by Wim Wenders. This was the second part of Wenders' "Road Movie trilogy" which included Alice in the Citi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong_Move

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (German: [nasˈtasi̯a ˈkɪnskiː] ; née Nakszynski, Polish: [nakˈʂɨj̃skʲi]; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model. She has appeared in more than 60 films in E…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nastassja_Kinski

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Claim 3: “Director Wim Wenders withdraws 1975 film over actress's teen topless scene”

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Multiple independent web sources report that Wim Wenders is withdrawing the 1975 film 'Wrong Move' due to a topless scene featuring Nastassja Kinski.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wim Wenders (German: [ˈvɪm ˈvɛndɐs]; born Wilhelm Ernst Wenders; 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer. Regarded as a major figure of New German Cinema and widely considered an auteur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Wenders

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Claim 4: “Kinski went on to find international fame in films including Wenders' 1984 cult hit Paris, Texas”

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Wikipedia and IMDb confirm Nastassja Kinski starred in Wim Wenders' 1984 film 'Paris, Texas'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Paris, Texas: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry. Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has ...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087884/

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web search NEUTRAL — Paris, Texas is a 1984 drama road film directed by Wim Wenders, co-written by Sam Shepard and L. M. Kit Carson, and produced by Don Guest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas_(film)

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web search NEUTRAL — ... Wim Wenders films Paris, Texas (1984) and Faraway, So Close! (1993). She also appeared in the biographical drama film An American Rhapsody (2001). Kinski is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nastassja_Kinski

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Claim 5: “Kinski went on to also appear naked in 1976's To the Devil a Daughter and 1978's Stay As You Are”

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Web search results confirm Kinski's appearance in 'To the Devil a Daughter' (1976) and mention nude scenes in that film; 'Stay As You Are' is also listed as a film she starred in.

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web search NEUTRAL — ... Nastassja Kinski, and Denholm Elliott. Loosely based on the 1953 novel of ... The film premiered in London in March 1976 and went on to become one of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Devil_a_Daughter

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 15, 2025 ... I am a lifelong Hammer fan in my 60's but this is their one film I have never watched and never will. Nastassia Kinski had a nude scene in ...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526366954336048/posts/34797…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 16, 2026 ... They were not the only Kinski roles that would be unthinkable today: in her second film, To the Devil a Daughter (1976), she was a novice ...
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-06-16/she-should-hav…

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Claim 6: “On Friday, Wenders received a lifetime achievement honour at the German Film Awards”

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Cross-references from Deutsche Welle confirm Wenders received the Honorary Prize for Lifetime Achievement at the German Film Awards on May 29.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Through his acceptance speech for the Honorary Prize for Lifetime Achievement at the German Film Awards ceremony held in Berlin on May 29, Wenders turned the dispute into a wider public debate.
https://www.dw.com/en/wim-wenders-withdraws-film-with-disput…

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Claim 7: “Kinski told a German newspaper she had been asking Wenders to change the film for years”

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Web search results explicitly state that Kinski told the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung that she had been asking Wenders to change the film for years.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Oscar-nominated German director Wim Wenders has said he will block future access to his 1975 film Wrong Move after appeals from actress ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99legznj8do

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... The filmmaker Wim Wenders has pulled his 1975 movie “The Wrong Move ... Last month, she told the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung: “That was ...
https://apnews.com/article/wim-wenders-pulls-film-nastassja-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2026 ... In 1975, when the German actress Nastassja Kinski was just 13 years old, she appeared topless in the movie Wrong Move, directed by the Oscar ...
https://www.thepersistent.com/wim-wenders-apology-nastassja-…

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Claim 8: “Wenders said the film would be withdrawn from 'all current forms of distribution and exhibition', meaning 'streaming services, television broadcasters and distribution partners will be instructed to cease public access to the film'”

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Web search results provide the specific quote regarding the withdrawal from 'all current forms of distribution and exhibition', including streaming and television.

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web search NEUTRAL — Acclaimed German director Wim Wenders announced he was withdrawing his 1975 film, "Wrong Move," from distribution due to a scene featuring then-13-year-old actor Nastassja Kinski topless.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/wim-wenders-pulls-wrong-mo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Wrong Move, for which Wenders won best director at the German Film Awards, included a sexualised scene with Kinski and a male co-star who was in his early 30s.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99legznj8do

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web search NEUTRAL — Streaming services, television broadcasters and distribution partners will be instructed to cease public access to the film.” Kinski described Wenders’ decision to pull the film as “long overdue” in a…
https://deadline.com/2026/06/wim-wenders-wrong-move-nastassj…

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Claim 9: “Wrong Move, for which Wenders won best director at the German Film Awards”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm that Wim Wenders received the German Film Award for Best Direction for 'Wrong Move'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Perfect Days is a 2023 drama film directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film follows the routine life of Hirayama…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Days

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wings of Desire (German: Der Himmel über Berlin, pronounced [deːɐ̯ ˈhɪml̩ ˈʔyːbɐ bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ; lit. 'The Heaven/Sky over Berlin') is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_Desire

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Claim 10: “Wrong Move... included a sexualised scene with Kinski and a male co-star who was in his early 30s”

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Multiple web search results mention the sexualized scene with Kinski and a male co-star in his early 30s.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sonja Leila Moussa (born March 2, 1986), better known as Sonja Kinski, is an American-Egyptian model and actress. She is the daughter of actress Nastassja Kinski and producer Ibrahim Moussa, and a gra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Kinski

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