German director pulls film with underage nude scene

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German director Wim Wenders has withdrawn his 1975 film Wrong Move from circulation over a topless scene featuring a 13-year-old actor. Nastassja Kinski said last month that she had spent years urging Wenders to edit the film, claiming “he didn’t protect me”. In the sequence her 30-year-old co-star enters her character’s bedroom, where she is lying on a bed in her underwear. He then undresses and lies on top of her, caressing her face. Wenders has now apologised for the scene and said he would not shoot it in the same way today. Kinski has previously successfully fought to get another film pulled, which showed her nude aged 15. Her campaigns are part of a broader reckoning within cinema over the exploitation of young actors.