Alice in the Cities(Alice in den Städten)

Name: Alice in the Cities
Genre: Drama

West Germany · 1974
1h 50m
Director Wim Wenders
Starring Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer, Edda Köchl
Genre Drama

German journalist Philip Winter, flying back to Germany from the United States, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends 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. After flying back, Winter and Alice wander through various European cities on a quest for Alice’s grandmother in this contemplative road movie.

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Empire by

Hardly must-see Wenders, but for fans of his road movies, it remains a treat.

Slant Magazine by Carson Lund

What makes Alice in the Cities so noteworthy is the tender, lifelike rapport cultivated between Vogler and Rottländer.

The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo

As a crash course in New German Cinema, this is tough to beat.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

It is an intriguing movie that lives in the mind for hours after the lights have come up.

RogerEbert.com by Peter Sobczynski

There is a timelessness to its explorations that makes it as rich and resonant today as when it was first released.

The New Yorker by Richard Brody

With this film, Wenders crystallized his style of existential sentimentality. His cool eye for urbanism and design blends a love of kitsch with a hatred for commercialism, historicism with a fear of history’s ghosts.