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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 78/100. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,111 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic78/100
362 audience votes
Key crew
- Veith von FürstenbergScreenplay
- Wim WendersScreenplay
- Wim WendersDirector
- Irmin SchmidtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rüdiger VoglerPhilip Winter
- Yella RottländerAlice van Damm
- Lisa KreuzerLisa van Damm
- Edda KöchlAngela
- Ernest BoehmPublisher
- Sam PrestiCar Dealer
- Lois MoranAirport Hostess
- Didi PetrikatWoman at Swimming Park
- Hans HirschmüllerPolice Officer
- Sibylle BaierWoman on Ferry
- MirkoBoy Singing Next to Jukebox
- Chuck BerryChuck Berry (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
new york cityairplaneairportamsterdam, netherlandsman woman relationshipmanblack and whitepolaroid cameraroad movieempire state building
The Best Movies of 1974
Alice in the Cities is #8 of 58
