Wim Wenders Season
Alice in the Cities
An exhilarating and charming European road movie in which an unlikely friendship forms between an abandoned child and her reluctant companion in search of a relative's home in Germany.
Director: DIRECTOR
Cast includes: Yella Rottlander, Rudiger Vogler
Sunday morning screenings include a free cuppa and biscuits
113 min / 1974 / West Germany, Subtitles
A photographer finds himself saddled with a young girl whom he must return home, in Wim Wenders’ international breakthrough.
Philip Winter (Wenders regular Rudiger Vogler) is at a New York airport when he encounters a young mother. Before he knows it, he is stuck with the woman’s nine-year-old daughter (Yella Rottlander), with no information regarding where in Germany she lives. Arriving home, the photographer and his young charge make their way around the country in an attempt to return her to her family. Philip and Alice’s bond grows stronger as he documents the way the German landscape has changed, emerging from the decades-long impact of the Second World War.
This is one of Wender's most charming films; Vogler is at his charismatic best, and Rottlander proved herself to be a strong screen presence. A stunning European road movie – a genre that for so long was dominated by US film production – Wenders’ drama is as spirited as it is evocative.
Sunday morning screenings include a free cuppa and biscuits with your ticket.
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