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Wenders received Palme d'Or in 1985 for his movie: Paris, Texas in 1985 and was awarded a honorary doctoral at Sorbonne, Paris in 1989.

1 Films include

• Summer in the City , 1970.
• Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty Kick), 1972. Adaptation of a novella by Peter Handke, who also wrote the film dialogue.
• Der scharlachrote Buchstabe ( The Scarlet Letter), 1972. Adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
• Alice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities), 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped.
• Falsche Bewegung (Wrong Movement), 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i.
• Im Lauf der Zeit (Kings of the Road), 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s.
• Der Amerikanische FreundDer Amerikanische Freund (The American Friend) is a Wim Wenders 1977 film, based loosely on Patricia Highsmith's novel, Ripley's Game''. It stars Dennis Hopper as Ripley and Bruno Ganz as the hapless art framer who is conned into becoming a murderer. (The American Friend), 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar. Adaptation of Patricia HighsmithPatricia Highsmith ( January 19, 1921 February 4, 1995) was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers. She acquired world renown for Strangers on a Train which has been adapted to the screen a number of times, most fam's novel Ripley's GameRipley's Game is the third novel in Patricia Highsmith's Ripley series (the Ripliad), written in 1974. It was loosely adapted in 1977 by Wim Wenders as " Der Amerikanische Freund," (The American Friend). It was also adapted as "Ripley's Game" (2002) by di.
• Lightning over Water , 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. (? or 1980?). A documentary about the last days of Nicholas Ray, director of Rebel Without a Cause and many other films.
• Hammett , 1982.
• The State of Things , 1982.
• Reverse Angle:NYC , 1982. A documentary about his disputes with Francis Ford Coppola while filming Hammett.
• Chambre 666 , 1983.
• Paris, Texas, 1984.
• Der Himmel über Berlin Wings of Desire, 1987. Written with Peter Handke.
• Until the End of the World, 1991.
• In weiter Ferne, so nah! Faraway, So Close! , 1993.
• The End of Violence , 1997.
• The Million Dollar Hotel , 1999.
• Buena Vista Social Club, 2000.
• Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, 2002. (Segment "Twelve miles to Trona") (Short)
• Land Of Plenty, 2004.