Alice in the Cities (1974)
Directed by Wim Wenders
A blocked German journalist finds himself responsible for a nine-year-old girl and flies with her from New York to Amsterdam, then drives through Wuppertal and the Ruhr looking for her grandmother's house.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Airline office and hotel≈ 00:15:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
Stranded by a strike, Philip meets Lisa and Alice; Lisa leaves Alice with him and asks him to fly her to Amsterdam.
- 2Amsterdam, Netherlands≈ 00:35:00Stated on screen
They wait for Lisa, sightsee and find she is not on the next flight.
- 3Wuppertal, Germany≈ 00:55:00Stated on screen
They search the city by Schwebebahn and rented car for the grandmother; Philip leaves Alice with the police but she finds him again.
- 4Grandmother's former house≈ 01:22:00Ruhr area, GermanyInferred
- 5Rhine ferry≈ 01:40:00Rhine ferry near the RuhrInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 6,123 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 5
- Plane: 5,863 km
- Bus: 198 km
- Car: 62 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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