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 Alice (Yella Rottländer). Phillip takes Alice in hand
on a trek across Germany to locate the girl's grandmother. The plot
takes second place to Wenders' fascination with the contrast between the
neon-and-billboard ambiance of the U.S. and the rolling hills and
industrial pockets of Deutschland. Alice in the Cities was the first of
Wenders' "road trilogy"; the follow-ups were Wrong Move (1975) and Kings
of the Road (1976), both also starring Rüdiger Vogler.
Directed By:
Wim Wenders
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