Wim Wenders pulls 1975 film over nude scene with then-13-year-old Nastassja Kinski

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JAKE COYLE
Updated 12:12 PM CDT, June 3, 2026

German filmmaker Wim Wenders on Wednesday said he has pulled his 1975 movie “The Wrong Move” over a nude scene featuring a then-13-year-old Nastassja Kinski.

Kinski, now 65, has urged Wenders to reedit the film. Last month, she told the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung: “That was my first film, he was my first director and he didn’t protect me.”

Wenders, the acclaimed director behind “Paris, Texas” and “Wings of Desire,” issued a statement apologizing to Kinski.

“I recognize that Nastassja Kinski should have been better protected back then,” Wenders said. “For that, I apologize to you, Nastassja, unreservedly, no ifs and buts.”



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[FakeNoose]

1. Wim Wenders is 65? OK so he was born in 1961, am I right?

So he made this movie "The Wrong Move" in 1975 ... and he was 14 years old? This doesn't sound right. If he really did direct a movie when he was 14, how could it be any good?

[questionseverything]

3. No, the actress is now 65 , the director's age isn't in the article

[icnorth]

7. Movie, "The Wrong Move"

Perhaps a wee bit of confusion with two "14's" in the mix. Wenders was 30, born 14 August 1945; actress Nastassja Kinski, age 14, born 24 January 1961 ~Wikipedia

[BaronChocula]

8. He was born in 45

Also went on to direct her in "Paris, Texas." But good for him for wanting to correct the past.
I think there were nude scenes in "Pretty Baby" with a very young Brooke Shields. But I guess it's too late for Louis Malle to correct that if he wanted to.

[FakeNoose]

10. Thanks for this info, it fits what I do know about this director

[UpInArms]

2. I wonder if Brooke Shields will ever get an apology

Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and current president of the Actors' Equity Association.[2] A child model starting at the age of 11 months,[3] Shields gained widespread notoriety for her leading role in Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby (1978), in which she appeared in nude scenes shot when she was 11 years old. She continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Shields

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. I believe Blue Lagoon used a body double for her part

Or so I'm told.

[Dave Bowman]

6. Yes, body doubles were used extensively.

[Dave Bowman]

5. First thing that crossed my mind when I saw the headline. It was weird even for the time.

[Easterncedar]

9. Pretty Baby was "soft" pedophile porn

Grotesque theme with a general release.

Stealing Beauty hit me the same way

[LudwigPastorius]

11. All respect to Nastassja's mother for getting her away from her monster of a father, but...

it seems like she could have done a better job of protecting her when she started acting in films.

This in no way absolves Wenders, Peter Sykes, or Polanski.

[Jose Garcia]

12. I'm sure a lot of money was involved

[generalbetrayus]

13. If you go to look up this movie at IMDb, its title is "Wrong Move", not "The Wrong Move".

I've been a huge Kinski fan for many decades but have never seen this movie. Just as well.