Product Details

• Actors: Rudiger Vogler, Yella Rottlander, Elizabeth Kreuzer
• Directors: Wim Wenders
• Format: PAL, UK Import
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001PFM42G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,796 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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[Non-U.S. Format (PAL) Region 2 U.K. DVD - This will not play on U.S./Canada DVD players or those from most other countries outside of Europe. You would need a "multi-region" or "region-free" PAL compatible DVD player or computer.] Synopsis: One of the key films of the New German Cinema, ALICE IN THE CITIES marked the emergence of Wim Wenders as one of the most distinctive European filmmakers of the 1970s. It is also widely accepted to be one of the director's most poignant films and the first to be shot partly in the United States. Philip Winter, a journalist with writer's block, becomes the guardian of eight year-old Alice (Yella Rottländer) when her mother leaves the girl with him briefly at an American airport, only never to return. Back in Germany, an unlikely friendship develops between the two as they embark on a journey to find Alice's grandmother. Through Rüdiger Vogler's portrayal of the embittered Winter, Wenders presents a stark but witty account of the changing face of Europe, the onset of global consumerism and the influences of American pop culture. Extras: Exclusive in-depth interview with director / Photo Galleries.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this great film to DVD, November 2, 2006

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Darcy Stumbaugh (Sequim, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alice in the Cities (DVD)

I was so fortunate that this film was playing in Koln, in a little art theatre over the museum, while I was in the city. Wenders' latest film Don't Come Knockin' was also playing downtown so it was a great opportunity to see old and new films of his, both truly great. I enjoyed this sweet story of the relationship between a lost child and the even more lost adult who comes to be her guardian, even though I don't understand a lick of German. Help this film come to DVD by signing up to recieve an alert if it's released, it deserves to be seen by the world.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A simple story enhanced by this superb director!, February 15, 2006

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alice in the Cities (DVD)

The script cannot be more linear. A precocious 9 year child is abandoned by her mother and the thread of destiny will make her to intersect with a German journalist. A road movie which still has too much to say.

A fascinating road movie by paradisiacal places.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, October 20, 2005

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Navest Kamber (Serbia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alice in the Cities (DVD)

If you love "Paris, Texas" you will love "Alice".
These movies walk together trough the well known outside and inside world.