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Alice in the Cities

Original title: Alice in den Städten
  • 1974
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 53m
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7.9/10
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Yella Rottländer and Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)
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A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.

  • Director
    • Wim Wenders
  • Writers
    • Wim Wenders
    • Veith von Fürstenberg
  • Stars
    • Yella Rottländer
    • Rüdiger Vogler
    • Lisa Kreuzer
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Wim Wenders
    • Writers
      • Wim Wenders
      • Veith von Fürstenberg
    • Stars
      • Yella Rottländer
      • Rüdiger Vogler
      • Lisa Kreuzer
    • 40User reviews
    • 59Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations

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    Yella Rottländer and Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Yella Rottländer in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Yella Rottländer and Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Yella Rottländer and Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Yella Rottländer in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Yella Rottländer and Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Yella Rottländer and Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Yella Rottländer and Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Rüdiger Vogler in Alice in the Cities (1974)
    Yella Rottländer in Alice in the Cities (1974)

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    Yella Rottländer
    Yella Rottländer
    • Alice van Damm
    Rüdiger Vogler
    Rüdiger Vogler
    • Philip Winter
    Lisa Kreuzer
    Lisa Kreuzer
    • Lisa van Damm
    • (as Elisabeth Kreuzer)
    Edda Köchl
    Edda Köchl
    • Angela - Friend in New York
    Ernest Boehm
    Ernest Boehm
    • Publisher
    Sam Presti
    • Car Dealer
    Lois Moran
    Lois Moran
    • Airport Hostess
    Didi Petrikat
    • Woman at Swimming Park
    Hans Hirschmüller
    Hans Hirschmüller
    • Police Officer
    Sibylle Baier
    • Woman on Ferry
    Mirko
    • Boy Singing Next to Jukebox
    Julia Baier
    • Young Girl on Ferry
    • (uncredited)
    Chuck Berry
    Chuck Berry
    • Chuck Berry
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Genée
    • Man Looking at Monitor in New York Airport
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Peter Handke
    Peter Handke
    • Man at Chuck Berry concert
    • (uncredited)
    Jane Jarvis
    • Organist at Shea Stadium
    • (uncredited)
    Micky Kley
    • Woman Behind Philip and Alice on Plane
    • (uncredited)
    Martin Müller
    • Man on Empire State Building Roof
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Wim Wenders
    • Writers
      • Wim Wenders
      • Veith von Fürstenberg
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    • Trivia
      The novel "Tender is the Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is seen on the coffee table of Phil Winter's girlfriend. A character in the novel, Rosemary Hoyt, was inspired by Fitzgerald's affair with actress Lois Moran, who appears in this film as an airport hostess. It was Moran's last movie.
    • Goofs
      Crew are reflected in the side of the car (at around 46 mins - sound man, microphone and other crew. This is why so many cars in movies appear dirty or have a matte paint job.).
    • Quotes

      Lisa - Alice's Mother: What are you writing?

      Philip 'Phil' Winter: The inhuman thing about American TV is not so much that they hack everything up with commercials, though that's bad enough, but in the end all programmes become commercials. Commercials for the status quo. Every image radiates the same disgusting and nauseated message. A kind of boastful contempt. Not one image leaves you in peace, they all want something from you.

    • Connections
      Featured in Such a Long Absence (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Under the Boardwalk
      Written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick

      Performed by The Drifters and The Rolling Stones

    User reviews40

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    7/10
    Odyssey.
    German journalist Philip Winter is suffering from writers block as he travels across the East Coast of America, he instead chooses to snap Polaroids instead of writing, once satisfied that that will tell his story of American culture and landscapes he sets off to return to Germany. At the airport he meets Lisa and her nine year old daughter, Alice, getting flights home prove to be difficult and the three of them end up stopping overnight at some digs. Lisa disappears and leaves Alice in Phillip's care, thus sending the two on an odyssey as they travel together thru Europe in search of Alice's grandmother, but it's the journey that each of them take mentally that will be of most importance.

    This is the first film of what is regarded as Wim Wenders loosely connected road trilogy, following on from this picture would be Falsche Bewegung in 1975 and then culminating with the quite brilliant Im Lauf der Zeit in 1976. Quite what Wenders intentions were with this picture is is not immediately clear, for certain his framing {obsession} with American culture comes to the fore from the off, both in the changing landscapes and the use of American pop and rock music. But as things progress it's the simple message of purpose that a chance encounter can have, our odd couple here are at first deeply suspicious of each other, not caring for each others company in the slightest, but as time moves on they begin to understand each other and tune into each of their respective mental waves. Life quite simply found a way thru two differing humans thrust together unwillingly, it's not deep or remotely profound, it's simple and warm in its execution, and the final (tremendous) pull away aerial shot that Wenders gives us crowns this accomplished and very enjoyable piece. 7.5/10
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    • Release date
      • May 17, 1974 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
      • Dutch
    • Also known as
      • Alice in den Städten
    • Filming locations
      • Wuppertal Suspension Railway, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
      • Produktion 1 im Filmverlag der Autoren
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    • Budget
      • DEM 500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $58,388
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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