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An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.
- 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)
Featured review
Minimalism is not a crime
Alphaville is an attack on the syndrome of Science Fiction films full of flash and color but devoid of ideas. They intentionally took an "Our Town" attitude toward special effects -- e.g. driving along in a car, with dialog indicating that they're in a spaceship; commenting on how beautiful the stars look when you can't see anything but the glare of streetlights, and so on. If there's a problem with this movie, it's that the ideas themselves are perhaps not really all that strong; the notion of a dystopian city ruled by an all powerful computer just doesn't seem that heavy, not even taken as some sort of symbolic allegory; but on the whole I think SF cinema would be in much better shape if it had learned the lesson of Alphaville (think "La Jette"). Minimalism is not a crime, which is why I find it very annoying that I need to babble for another couple of lines to convince IMDb.com that I've said enough to be worth logging as a movie review.
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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
- $65,653
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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