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Alice in the Cities (German: Alice in den Städten) is a 1974 German road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It is the first part of Wenders' "Road Movie trilogy", which also includes The Wrong Move (1975) and Kings of the Road (1976). The film was shot in black and white by Robby Müller, and contains several long scenes without dialogue.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES. New, restored 4K digital transfer, commissioned by the Wim Wenders Foundation and supervised by director Wim Wenders, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. German-language audio commentary featuring Wenders and actors Rüdiger Vogler and Yella Rottländer.
- Phillip “Phil” Winter
Alice in den Städten is the story of Philip Phil Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) a German author contracted to write a book about America. We catch up with Phil in California after driving cross-country with a Polaroid camera for inspiration. He returns to his Publisher (Ernest Boehm) in New York and decides to go back to Germany to finish his book.
Alice in the Cities Now Playing 1h 50m Drama List 100% Tomatometer 18 Reviews 91% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A German journalist and a girl left in his care embark on a search for the...
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- Rudiger Vogler
- Wim Wenders
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Alice in the Cities, the first movie in the trilogy, was released in 1974, while the other two are The Wrong Move (1975) and Kings of the Road (1976). Alice in the Cities marks the first appearance of the director's recurring character Philip Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) who would later reappear in several other Wenders titles.
May 31, 2016 · Alice begins its journey in a North Carolina beach town. We meet Phillip Winter (Vogler) literally under the boardwalk, in the midst of a grim existential crisis, taking Polaroids, trying to connect with the American landscape around him.
Sign Up. “This gorgeous, complex story of a self-possessed nine-year-old adrift on the road with an unlikely writer/journalist companion is one of Wim Wenders’ best. Infused with bits of captivating music—Sibylle Baier, Chuck Berry, Canned Heat—and exquisitely shot in black and white by Robby Müller, ALICE IN THE CITIES is a haunting ...
