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Alphaville

Original title: Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
  • 1965
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 39m
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7.0/10
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Alphaville (1965)
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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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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Jean-Luc Godard
  • Writers
    • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Paul Éluard
  • Stars
    • Eddie Constantine
    • Anna Karina
    • Akim Tamiroff
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    26K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Writers
      • Jean-Luc Godard
      • Paul Éluard
    • Stars
      • Eddie Constantine
      • Anna Karina
      • Akim Tamiroff
    • 144User reviews
    • 100Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Eddie Constantine in Alphaville (1965)
    Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)
    Eddie Constantine in Alphaville (1965)
    Eddie Constantine in Alphaville (1965)
    Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)
    Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)
    Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)
    Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)
    Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)
    Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)
    Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)
    "ALPHAVILLE". Jean-LucGodard, Anna Karina, Pathe, 1965. I.V.

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    Eddie Constantine
    Eddie Constantine
    • Lemmy Caution
    Anna Karina
    Anna Karina
    • Natacha von Braun
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Henri Dickson
    • (as Akim Tamirof)
    Valérie Boisgel
    • 2nd Seductress Third Class
    • (uncredited)
    Jean-Louis Comolli
    • Prof. Jeckell
    • (uncredited)
    Michel Delahaye
    Michel Delahaye
    • von Braun's Assistant
    • (uncredited)
    Jean-André Fieschi
    • Prof. Heckell
    • (uncredited)
    Christa Lang
    Christa Lang
    • 1st Seductress Third Class
    • (uncredited)
    Jean-Pierre Léaud
    Jean-Pierre Léaud
    • Breakfast Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    László Szabó
    László Szabó
    • Chief Engineer
    • (uncredited)
    Howard Vernon
    Howard Vernon
    • Prof. Leonard Nosferatu - aka von Braun
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Writers
      • Jean-Luc Godard
      • Paul Éluard(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      It is unknown who did the voice of the Alpha 60 computer. The voice of Alpha 60 was performed by a man with a mechanical voice box replacing his cancer-damaged larynx who wanted to remain anonymous.
    • Goofs
      Towards the beginning, the term "light years" is used as if it were a measure of time, when actually it is a measure of distance.
    • Quotes

      Alpha 60: Once we know the number one, we believe that we know the number two, because one plus one equals two. We forget that first we must know the meaning of plus.

    • Crazy credits
      Before the credits, Godard adds one letter at a time to compose the word "fin"--"i"..."in"..."fin"--as though to suggest "I, in the end."
    • 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.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1999)

    User reviews144

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    6/10
    The Sci-Fi Noir by Godard
    In a near future, the American secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) travels to Alphaville posing as the journalist Ivan Johnson from the Figaro-Pravda newspaper. His mission is to find the missing agent Henry Dickson (Akim Tamirof) and to convince Professor von Braun (Howard Vernon) to come with him to Nueva York. Prof. von Braun is actually Leonard Nosferatu and has created the powerful computer Alpha 60 that has conceived the inhuman dystopian society of Alphaville, where love, conscience, poetry and emotion have been banished and words are systematically eliminated from the dictionary. Alpha 60 is also omnipresent and Lemmy has the assistance of Natacha von Braun (Anna Karina), who is the daughter of von Braun. Soon he falls in love with Natacha but he needs to complete his mission before leaving Alphaville.

    "Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy" is my favorite Godard movie and maybe his most digestible film despite being weird. This is the third time that I see this sci-fi noir (last time was on 07 September 2001) and it is still an intriguing story that resembles George Orwell's 1984, inclusive with the idea of rewriting the dictionary removing words related to emotions and including new ones. The scary atmosphere gives the sensation of nightmare and the sets and locations are ahead of time. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil): "Alphaville"

    Note: On 03 March 2021, I saw this film again.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 5, 1965 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Dick Tracy on Mars
    • Filming locations
      • Esso tower, La Défense, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    • Production companies
      • André Michelin Productions
      • Filmstudio
      • Chaumiane
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $220,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $47,696
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,298
      • Feb 9, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $47,696
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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