Alice in the Cities

Alice in the Cities

110 mins | Drama | May 17, 1974

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.

Alice in the Cities

110 mins | Drama | May 17, 1974

Alice in the Cities
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Filmverlag der Autoren
Original title Alice in den Städten
Directors Micky Kley, Wim Wenders
Writers Veith von Fürstenberg, Wim Wenders

Cast

Rüdiger Vogler

as Philip Winter

Yella Rottländer

as Alice van Damm

Lisa Kreuzer

as Lisa van Damm

Edda Köchl

as Angela

Ernest Boehm

as Publisher

Sam Presti

as Car Dealer

Lois Moran

as Airport Hostess

Didi Petrikat

as Woman at Swimming Park

Hans Hirschmüller

as Police Officer

Sibylle Baier

as Woman on Ferry

Mirko

as Boy Singing Next to Jukebox

Chuck Berry

as Chuck Berry (archive footage) (uncredited)

Julia Baier

as Young Girl on Ferry (uncredited)

Peter Genée

as Man in NY Airport / Man on Amsterdam Tour Boat (uncredited)

Peter Handke

as Man at Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited)

Jane Jarvis

as Organist at Shea Stadium (uncredited)

Micky Kley

as Woman Behind Philip and Alice on Plane (uncredited)

Martin Müller

as Man on Empire State Building Roof (uncredited)

Joachim von Mengershausen

as Man on Amsterdam Tour Boat (uncredited)

Wim Wenders

as Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)