Alice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities)

Alice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities) (1974)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 92% of users liked it
    (1,472 ratings)

Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Städten) was the first of German director Wim Wenders' films to be lensed in part in the United States. Phillip (Rüdiger Vogler) is a roving German reporter who, after a chance encounter with an elusive American woman, reluctantly accepts temporary custody of little… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
Wim Wenders
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Mar 3, 1974 Wide
Pacific Arts

Critic Reviews

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Wenders' salient, head-clearing travelogue

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    Only just barely.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It takes a long time for Wenders to get where he wants to go but it's worth the wait... .

  • Derek Malcolm, This is London

    Touching but never sentimental.

  • Tim Robey, Independent

    Hauntingly photographed by Robbie Müller, it's one of this hugely uneven filmmaker's crispest, finest moments.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Pierluigi P


    The innocent curiosity of a child against the cynicism and disinterest of an adult. All about rambling, clashing and finally bonding. Beautiful film.

  • Stella D


    there are many films in this genre going back at least as far as chaplin's 'the kid.' i'll still say without hesitation that this is my favorite. great chemistry between the two lead characters, fascinating references, the director's choice of b&w and… More

  • Stephen M


    Phil Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), a German journalist with a bad case of writer's block, decides to fly home from New York to finish an article he is writing about America. His hopes of meeting his unsympathetic editor's deadline are frustrated when a compatriot making the same… More

  • Eric B


    It's easy to imagine complaints that "nothing happens" in this nearly two-hour film from the young Wim Wenders, but its pacing is so perfect -- exactly as slow as the story requires, but not a minute slower -- that I only marveled at its confident, expert direction.… More

  • Anthony V


    A fantastic road movie from Wim Wenders.

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