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Alice in the Cities
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Title: Alice in the Cities

Release Date: 17 May 1974

Runtime: 1h 50m

Genre: Drama

Director: Filmverlag der Autoren, WDR

Production Companies: Filmverlag der Autoren, WDR

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.7 (299 votes)

Cast

  • Philip Winter: Rüdiger Vogler
  • Alice van Damm: Yella Rottländer
  • Lisa van Damm: Lisa Kreuzer
  • Angela: Edda Köchl
  • Publisher: Ernest Boehm
  • Car Dealer: Sam Presti
  • Airport Hostess: Lois Moran
  • Woman at Swimming Park: Didi Petrikat
  • Police Officer: Hans Hirschmüller
  • Woman on Ferry: Sibylle Baier
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