Wim Wenders withdraws 1975 film featuring 13-year-old Nastassja Kinski topless

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• German director Wim Wenders has withdrawn from circulation his 1975 film Wrong Move, because of a scene featuring a child actor topless who was 13 at the time of filming.
• The director said in a statement released on Wednesday: “Streaming, TV and distribution partners have been instructed to no longer make the film publicly accessible.” The decision comes after actor Nastassja Kinski, now 65, told Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper last month that she has spent 15 years unsuccessfully trying to get Wenders to change the film.
• View image in fullscreen Wim Wenders apologised ‘unreservedly’ to Nastassja Kinski.
• Photograph: Scott A Garfitt/AP Speaking at the German film awards ceremony last Friday, Wenders had said that while he would not shoot a scene in the same way today, Wrong Move was also a product of its age, and editing it retrospectively would require a broader discussion within the film industry.
• His comments sparked...