Criterion Blu-ray review: Wim Wenders’ The Road Trilogy (1974-76)
In The Road Trilogy, one of their finest releases in some time, Criterion showcase three key early works by Wim Wenders, one of the finest filmmakers of the New German […]
Review: Alice in den Städten (1974)
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer, Edda Köchl, Ernest Boehm,
Rüdiger Vogler
Yella Rottländer
Lisa Kreuzer
Edda Köchl
Ernest Boehm
Plot: German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) 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.
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