Wenders withdraws 1975 film after decades-long campaign by child actor Kinski

Nastassja Kinski was exploited as a 13-year-old child actor, filmed topless without adequate protection, causing lasting impact she pursued redress for over 15 years.

Fifty years after a thirteen-year-old girl was filmed topless for her acting debut, the director who held the camera has finally withdrawn the film from circulation. Wim Wenders, one of postwar cinema's most celebrated voices, spent decades framing the scene as a relic of its era — until the woman that girl became, Nastassja Kinski, spent fifteen years making clear that historical context is not the same as innocence. His apology, when it came, was unqualified: a recognition that the only adult in the room bears the only responsibility that matters. The question the industry now inherits is wh

Wenders withdraws 1975 film after decades-long campaign by child actor Kinski

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