Alice in den Städten /
A German journalist is driving across the United States to research an article; it's a disappointing trip, during which he is unable to truly connect with what he sees. Things change, however, when he has no choice but to take a young girl named Alice with him on his return trip to Germany, aft...
| Uniform Title: | Alice in den Städten (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | German |
| Language Notes: | In German, with optional English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[New York, New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Director-approved three-BluRay special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
814. |
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| Summary: | A German journalist is driving across the United States to research an article; it's a disappointing trip, during which he is unable to truly connect with what he sees. Things change, however, when he has no choice but to take a young girl named Alice with him on his return trip to Germany, after her mother, whom he just met, leaves the child in his care. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Widescreen (1.66:1). Issued in a boxed set with an accompanying booklet (47 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) Special feature: New, restored 4K digital transfer, commissioned by the Win Wenders Foundation and supervised by director Wim Wenders, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; German-language audio commentary featuring Wenders and actors Rüdiger Vogler and Yella Rottländer; new interviews with Vogler, Rottländer, and actor Lisa Kreuzer; outtakes from the film; Restoring time, a 2015 short about the restoration work done by the Wim Wender Foundation; Same player shoots again (1967) and Silver City revisited (1968), two newly restored early short films by Wenders; new English subtitle translation by Wenders. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray disc; region A; widescreen, aspect ratio: 1.66:1 ; DTS-HD Master Audio mono sound format ; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Awards: | German Film Critics Association Awards, 1976: Best Film (Wim Wenders). |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Robby Müller; editors, Peter Przygodda, Barbara v. Weitershausen; music, Can. |
| ISBN: | 9781681431543 1681431548 |