The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 76% of the 786 1960s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic92/100
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
630 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- Paul MisrakiOriginal Music Composer
- Jean-Luc GodardWriter
Cast
- Eddie ConstantineLemmy Caution
- Anna KarinaNatacha von Braun
- Akim TamiroffHenri Dickson
- Valérie Boisgel2nd Seductress Third Class (uncredited)
- Jean-Louis ComolliProf. Jeckell (uncredited)
- Michel Delahayevon Braun's Assistant (uncredited)
- Christa Lang1st Seductress Third Class (uncredited)
- Jean-Pierre LéaudBreakfast Waiter (uncredited)
- László SzabóChief Engineer (uncredited)
- Howard VernonLéonard von Braun (uncredited)
- Ernest MenzerRed Star Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
photographydystopiasuper computersurrealismfilm noirlemmy cautionprivate detectivefrench noircomputer scientistfuture visiondistant planetauthoritarian regime
The Best Movies of 1965
Alphaville is #11 of 60
