Alice in the Cities

May. 17,1974      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Rüdiger Vogler as  Philip Winter
Yella Rottländer as  Alice van Damm
Lisa Kreuzer as  Lisa van Damm
Edda Köchl as  Angela
Lois Moran as  Airport Hostess
Hans Hirschmüller as  Police Officer
Sibylle Baier as  Woman on Ferry
Chuck Berry as  Chuck Berry (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Handke as  Man at Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited)
Wim Wenders as  Man by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)

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