Ein reisender Mechaniker für Projektionstechnik arbeitet in Westdeutschland an der ostdeutschen Grenze und besucht abgenutzte Kinos.
Er trifft einen deprimierten jungen Mann, dessen Ehe gerade gescheitert ist, und die beiden beschließen, gemeinsam zu reisen.
A traveling projector repair-man meets up with another man in a depressed state. Necessity causes them to travel together along the back roads of West Germany.
Good photography and interesting introduction to old movie theaters, but overall an exhausting and boring film. Many of Wim Wenders films suffer from flaws,are disorientated and have serious problems of pace.
Im Lauf der Zeit is a three hours long film but if you follow the journey of the two main characters, it never gets dull. On the contrary, when we are close to the end of their story, there is a sad feeling that their journey is going to be continued separately now.