Alice in den Städten

1974 [GERMAN]

Action / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 15345 15.3K

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Plot summary

German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected.

Director

Wim Wenders Photo
Wim Wenders

Top cast

Chuck Berry Photo
Chuck Berry as Chuck Berry
Rüdiger Vogler Photo
Rüdiger Vogler as Philip Winter
Ernest Boehm Photo
Ernest Boehm as Publisher
Edda Köchl Photo
Edda Köchl as Angela - Friend in New York
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1.01 GB
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German 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
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1.88 GB
1792*1072
German 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 35

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Orin D 10 / 10

This was the finest film I have seen

This was the finest film I have seen in some time. The two leads, especially the gifted young actress, are both terrific. These sad days the entire. concept would immediately suggest pedophilia to many. In that more innocent time. Wenders was able to make this very fine film without a trace of suggestion of anything off color. Many feel this film may be Wenders finest, which given his output is really saying something. I would agree with that assessment. I will watch this film over again soon with my wife & in time return to it again. I highly recommend that you view it soon. Top-shelf stuff!!! Orin P. Domenico
Reviewed by Chris Moraites / M 10 / 10

“A tender, existential road movie about childhood, loss

“A tender, existential road movie about childhood, loss, and the sudden goodbyes that stay with us forever.” One of the most significant films of the New German Cinema, Alice in the Cities (1974) established Wim Wenders as one of his generation’s most distinctive filmmakers. The story begins when a German journalist unexpectedly meets a young girl, Alice, and agrees to accompany her to Germany in search of her grandmother. Along their journey, an unforeseen bond develops, shaped by everyday images, quiet silences, and the sense that childhood is inevitably colliding with the adult world. Robby Müller’s black-and-white cinematography captures the era with honesty, like frozen Polaroid snapshots, while Can’s minimal recurring motif becomes essential to the film’s atmosphere. The film speaks of the need for companionship, and of the sudden goodbyes that linger in memory long after the journey has ended. A tender, existential road movie that remains a landmark to this day. And goodbyes always carry a trace of melancholy… just like Alice in the photograph, waiting – perhaps for a train, perhaps for a childhood that is slipping away.
Reviewed by Logan M 10 / 10

A masterpiece of German cinema, that makes driving

A masterpiece of German cinema, that makes driving through cities and eating meals just as gripping as an edge-of-your-seat thriller.
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