Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Städten) (1974)
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By an unlikely twist of fate, reporter Phil Winter finds himself stuck with a little girl, Alice, searching the cities of Germany for her grandmother, whose name and address Alice can't remember. The only clue they have is a photograph of her grandmother's front door with no house number and no one in the shot. The film's theme closely foreshadows Wenders' later film Paris, Texas. The scenario of a young girl and a writer thrown together was inspired by his long time collaborator Peter Handke's experience as a single parent.
The influence also of Short Letter, Long Farewell, Handke's 1972 novel, also featuring an alienated G
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