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Alice in the Cities
Uniform Title
Alice in den Städten (Motion picture)
Title
Alice in the Cities / ein Film von Wim Wenders ; Buch, Wim Wenders, Mitarbeit, Vieth v. Fürstenberg ; Produktion, Joachim v. Mengershausen ; Regie, Wim Wenders ; Hergestellt von Produktion 1 im Filmverlag der Autoren ; WDR.
ISBN
9781681431543
1681431548
Edition
Director-approved three-BluRay special edition.
Publication
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
Widescreen (1.66:1).
Issued in a boxed set with an accompanying booklet (47 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Special feature: New, restored 4K digital transfer, commissioned by the Win Wenders Foundation and supervised by director Wim Wenders, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; German-language audio commentary featuring Wenders and actors Rüdiger Vogler and Yella Rottländer; new interviews with Vogler, Rottländer, and actor Lisa Kreuzer; outtakes from the film; Restoring time, a 2015 short about the restoration work done by the Wim Wender Foundation; Same player shoots again (1967) and Silver City revisited (1968), two newly restored early short films by Wenders; new English subtitle translation by Wenders.
Cinematography, Robby Müller; editors, Peter Przygodda, Barbara v. Weitershausen; music, Can.
In German, with optional English subtitles.
German Film Critics Association Awards, 1976: Best Film (Wim Wenders).
Summary
A German journalist is driving across the United States to research an article; it's a disappointing trip, during which he is unable to truly connect with what he sees. Things change, however, when he has no choice but to take a young girl named Alice with him on his return trip to Germany, after her mother, whom he just met, leaves the child in his care.
Variant and related titles
Alice in den Städten
English title from container and disc label: Alice in the cities
Also knon as: Alicia en las ciudades
Also knon as: Alice dans les villes
Also knon as: Alice nelle città
Restoring time.
Same player shoots again.
Silver City revisited.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
German
Added to Catalog
June 03, 2021
Series
Credits
Cinematography, Robby Müller; editors, Peter Przygodda, Barbara v. Weitershausen; music, Can.
Cast
Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Elisabeth Kreuzer, Edda Köchl, Ernest Boehm.
System details note
Blu-ray disc; region A; widescreen, aspect ratio: 1.66:1 ; DTS-HD Master Audio mono sound format ; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
CC2625BD-1 The Criterion Collection
CC2625BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Road films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Road films.
Also listed under
Can (Musical group)
Filmverlag der Autoren, production company.
Westdeutscher Rundfunk, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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