Directed by:
Wim WendersCinematography:
Robby MüllerCast:
Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer, Lois Moran, Hans Hirschmüller, Wim Wenders, Chuck Berry, Martin Müller, Edda KöchlPlots(1)
Philip Winter (Wenders regular Rüdiger Vogler) is at a New York airport when he encounters a young mother. Before he knows it, he is stuck with the woman’s nine-year-old daughter (Yella Rottländer), with no information regarding where in Germany she lives. Arriving home, the photographer and his young charge make their way around the country in an attempt to return her to her family. Philip and Alice’s bond grows stronger as he documents the way the German landscape has changed, emerging from the decades-long impact of the Second World War. (Curzon Film World)
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A convenient connection of two worlds, two moments of human life. At the beginning, the main character drives through the USA - an alienated landscape, alone without deeper meaning or fulfillment in life, yet intensified by the surrounding and local (advertising) way of life. This is followed by a journey across The Netherlands and Germany - initially, the forced care for a child gives the main character feelings of satisfaction and a deeper reason for life. It has wonderful poetry, great cinematography and music, and Wim Wenders...
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By chance they meet. He wants to go home because he has a writer's block and is unable to write a single article, she was just returning from the USA to Europe with her mother. But her mother leaves her with him, a stranger. And so begins a surprisingly interesting and powerful road movie that seems like it will never end. Black and white suits him well.
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