Alice in the Cities

1974 · 1h50 · Film

Directed by Wim Wenders

Starring Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer, Edda Köchl, Ernest Boehm, Sam Presti, Lois Moran, Didi Petrikat, Hans Hirschmüller, Sibylle Baier

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

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.

Original title

Alice in den Städten

Original language

German

Country

Germany

Screenplay

Wim Wenders, Veith von Fürstenberg

Music

Irmin Schmidt

Cinematography

Robby Müller

Cast

Edda Köchl, Ernest Boehm, Sam Presti, Lois Moran, Didi Petrikat, Hans Hirschmüller, Sibylle Baier

Updated August 14, 2026

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