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A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Akim Tamiroff
- Henri Dickson
- (as Akim Tamirof)
Valérie Boisgel
- 2nd Seductress Third Class
- (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Comolli
- Prof. Jeckell
- (uncredited)
Michel Delahaye
- von Braun's Assistant
- (uncredited)
Jean-André Fieschi
- Prof. Heckell
- (uncredited)
Christa Lang
- 1st Seductress Third Class
- (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
- Breakfast Waiter
- (uncredited)
László Szabó
- Chief Engineer
- (uncredited)
Howard Vernon
- Léonard von Braun
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Paul Éluard(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIt is unknown who did the voice of the Alpha 60 computer. The voice of Alpha 60 was performed by a man with a mechanical voice box replacing his cancer-damaged larynx who wanted to remain anonymous.
- GoofsTowards the beginning, the term "light years" is used as if it were a measure of time, when actually it is a measure of distance.
- Quotes
[English subtitled version]
Alpha 60: Once we know the number one, we believe that we know the number two, because one plus one equals two. We forget that first we must know the meaning of plus.
- Crazy creditsBefore the credits, Godard adds one letter at a time to compose the word "fin"--"i"..."in"..."fin"--as though to suggest "I, in the end."
- Alternate versionsIn the original French version, the voice of the computer Alpha 60 sounds harsh and throaty as if produced by belching. One English-dubbed version gives the computer a more typical computer-like voice.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1999)
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Disturbing reality.
Complex plot about a secret agent who arrives from the outer space outlands in the capital of a large union of nations which resides in space. The people in this capital are acting very crazy. They are token under tranquillizers the whole time and even don't know anymore what love is. The system from the state is under the spell from a large, intelligent computer, alpha 60, which cares about nearly everything. Developed from a scientist (von Braun aka Nosferatu, both are hints to germans, the first to werner von braun, the developer from the apollo moon project, the second from the first dracula movie ever, the german soundless movie: NOSFERATU 1922)he tries to install a system of pure logic and rationalism. But what about emotions? And freedom? No one cares anymore... And then the secret agent comes into town and have to fight against this system. Goddard shows nearly no special effects and has made his movie in Paris in the sixties, which is a good trick (except that it is cheap!), because it says that this system is not far away from our reality.
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- MichaelJSchulz
- Apr 27, 1999
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Box office
- Budget
- $220,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,696
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,298
- Feb 9, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $65,597
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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