A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
- Lisa van Damm
- (as Elisabeth Kreuzer)
- Young Girl on Ferry
- (uncredited)
- Chuck Berry
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Man at Chuck Berry concert
- (uncredited)
- Organist at Shea Stadium
- (uncredited)
- Woman Behind Philip and Alice on Plane
- (uncredited)
- Man on Empire State Building Roof
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe novel "Tender is the Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is seen on the coffee table of Phil Winter's girlfriend. A character in the novel, Rosemary Hoyt, was inspired by Fitzgerald's affair with actress Lois Moran, who appears in this film as an airport hostess. It was Moran's last movie.
- GoofsCrew are reflected in the side of the car (at around 46 mins - sound man, microphone and other crew. This is why so many cars in movies appear dirty or have a matte paint job.).
- Quotes
Lisa - Alice's Mother: What are you writing?
Philip 'Phil' Winter: The inhuman thing about American TV is not so much that they hack everything up with commercials, though that's bad enough, but in the end all programmes become commercials. Commercials for the status quo. Every image radiates the same disgusting and nauseated message. A kind of boastful contempt. Not one image leaves you in peace, they all want something from you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Such a Long Absence (1985)
- SoundtracksUnder the Boardwalk
Written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick
Performed by The Drifters and The Rolling Stones
It's very entertaining for the charm of the characters, especially Yella Rottländer as Alice. She shines here as a very self-possessed, precocious youngster who disrupts the life of the familiar, detached, angst-ridden protagonist, Philip (Rudiger Volger).
There are small details captured in this film that are noteworthy to fans as well as casual viewers. The old organ at Shea Stadium (long since removed) is briefly shown in one early scene . The monorail in Wüppertal is featured in another sequence (one of the first monorails built). There is a lot of urban decay documented in their travels, particularly in the Ruhr district scenes but all of that can't detract from the humor of the 2 lead characters' playful interactions. The shot of Philip and Alice mimicking each other doing calisthenics offsets all the dreariness and alienation in one scene. The optimistic ending is a very satisfying one. This is a beautiful gem of a film if you can find it.
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- Aug 11, 2004
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- Also known as
- Alice in den Städten
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- Budget
- DEM 500,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $59,294
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
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