A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.
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Title: Alphaville (1965)
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1 win & 1 nomination.
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Eddie Constantine | ... | Lemmy Caution | |
| Anna Karina | ... | Natacha von Braun | |
| Akim Tamiroff | ... | Henri Dickson (as Akim Tamirof) | |
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Lemmy Caution, an American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. His very American character is at odds with the city's ruler, an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression. Written by Gene Volovich <volovich@netcom.com>
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Suddenly the word is Alphaville... and a secret agent is in a breathless race against the Masters of the Future. See more »Parents Guide:
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When questioned, Lemmy Caution states that he drives a Ford Galaxy. It's actually a Ford Mustang. See more »Quotes
Chief Engineer: Sooner or later, the Outlands will declare war on us. Therefore, we decided to invade them.See more »
Crazy Credits
In the original version, the beginning credits flash one line at a time, each one scanning across the screen just below the last. See more »Alternate Versions
In the original French version, the voice of the computer Alpha 60 sounds harsh and throaty as if produced by belching. One English-dubbed version gives the computer a more typical computer-like voice. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Release Date:
5 May 1965 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$220,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$7,298, 9 February 2014Gross USA:
$47,696Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Alphaville is an attack on the syndrome of Science Fiction films full of flash and color but devoid of ideas. They intentionally took an "Our Town" attitude toward special effects -- e.g. driving along in a car, with dialog indicating that they're in a spaceship; commenting on how beautiful the stars look when you can't see anything but the glare of streetlights, and so on. If there's a problem with this movie, it's that the ideas themselves are perhaps not really all that strong; the notion of a dystopian city ruled by an all powerful computer just doesn't seem that heavy, not even taken as some sort of symbolic allegory; but on the whole I think SF cinema would be in much better shape if it had learned the lesson of Alphaville (think "La Jette"). Minimalism is not a crime, which is why I find it very annoying that I need to babble for another couple of lines to convince IMDb.com that I've said enough to be worth logging as a movie review.