Nick’s Film - Lightning Over Water

1979/1980 I English I restored version | 90 mins

A film about the last months in the life of American director Nicholas Ray, who is probably best known for his cult film “Rebel Without a Cause”. Wenders and Ray got to know each other on the set of “The American Friend” and became friends. “Lightning Over Water” was made in just a few weeks at a time when Wenders was free from his studio film “Hammett”. Winner of the German Film Prize in Silver.