- HD 1080
- Runtime: 121m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: de
- Country: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America, Portugal, France, Spain, Netherlands
- Director: Wim Wenders
- Stars: Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly, Jeffrey Kime, Geoffrey Carey, Camila Mora-Scheihing
- keywords: filmmaking, movie producer
- Production_studio: Pro-ject Filmproduktion, ZDF, Artificial Eye, V.O. Filmes, Wim Wenders Productions, Gray City, Pari Films, Musidora Films, Film International, Road Movies
- Slogan: They didn't want to kill him. They just wanted a story.
- The The State of Things is featured in the top rankings of 1982
- #67 in Top Drama Movies of 1982
On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film.