Wenders said he would seek a “broad dialogue” with film institutions and groups, and only after reaching “a mutually agreed solution, which will include Nastassja Kinski, will we make the film available again”.
Kinski’s lawyer told AFP he “welcomed” the decision, but added: “I also regret that it has only happened as result of public pressure.”
Wrong Move, for which Wenders won best director at the German Film Awards, included a sexualised scene with Kinski and a male co-star who was in his early 30s.
On Friday, Wenders received a lifetime achievement honour at the German Film Awards and used his speech to tell the audience he was “struggling” with whether to permanently cut the scene out of the film, asking the younger film-makers in the audience for help resolving the issue, according to the Hollywood Reporter, external.
Kinski went on to also appear naked in 1976’s To the Devil a Daughter and 1978’s Stay As You Are.
Speaking about those early roles in 1997, she said: “If I had had somebody to protect me or if I had felt more secure about myself, I would not have accepted certain things. Nudity things. And inside it was just tearing me apart.”
Kinski went on to find international fame in films including Wenders’ 1984 cult hit Paris, Texas, and also appeared in his 1993 film Faraway, So Close.