"one of Wenders's crispest, finest moments"
Tim Robey, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
"a bittersweet gem...blissful...should not be missed"
CRITICS' CHOICE
4 STARS
TIME OUT
"More distinctive than ever... an intriguing movie that lives in the mind for hours after the lights have come up"
4 STARS
Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN
"One of the films that altered my perception of cinema"
Walter Salles
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 writers block, becomes the guardian of eight year-old Alice (Yella Rottlander) 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.
Bonus features include an exclusive in-depth interview with Wim Wenders by film critic Mark Cousins and rare interviews with stars Rudiger Vogler and Yella Rottlander.
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