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05/05/1965 Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery 1h 39m
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Suddenly the word is Alphaville... and a secret agent is in a breathless race against the Masters of the Future.

Overview

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”

  1. Jean-Luc Godard

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Eddie Constantine

    Lemmy Caution

  2. Anna Karina

    Natacha von Braun

  3. Akim Tamiroff

    Henri Dickson

  4. Valérie Boisgel

    2nd Seductress Third Class (uncredited)

  5. Jean-Louis Comolli

    Prof. Jeckell (uncredited)

  6. Michel Delahaye

    von Braun's Assistant (uncredited)

  7. Christa Lang

    1st Seductress Third Class (uncredited)

  8. Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)

  9. László Szabó

    Chief Engineer (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by lancethedealer
Written by lancethedealer on 2019-01-25
Ivan Caution explores the dystopian Alphaville where the only truth is logic, anything else is punishable by death. Everybody is popping pills, womenn are classes by their seductive level and the men are merely puppets to the computer Alpha 60.

The plot is strangely reminiscent of today, almost in a predictive fashion. It seems to be influenced by 1984 but it doesn’t do so in a repetitive or tiring manner. Moreover the film is really refreshing. Shots that simply don’t happen anymore. The story although basically similar to many movies, doesn’t seem that predicable and I wasn’t drea...read the rest
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