Alphaville (1965)

NR05/05/1965Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery1h 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.”

Top Billed Cast

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    Eddie Constantine

    Lemmy Caution

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    Anna Karina

    Natacha von Braun

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    Akim Tamiroff

    Henri Dickson

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    Valérie Boisgel

    2nd Seductress Third Class (uncredited)

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    Jean-Louis Comolli

    Prof. Jeckell (uncredited)

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    Michel Delahaye

    von Braun's Assistant (uncredited)

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    Christa Lang

    1st Seductress Third Class (uncredited)

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    Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)

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    László Szabó

    Chief Engineer (uncredited)

Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film ALPHAVILLE has one of the most bizarre premises in the history of cinema. Godard borrows the character of Lemmy Caution, a tough FBI agent/secret agent played by Eddie Constantine that had appeared in a number of French B movies, and then Godard drops Caution into a science-fiction film. And yet, this film taking place in a different galaxy far, far away doesn't use any specially created sets or fancy ray guns. Instead, Godard simply shot the film at examples of modernist architecture in Paris, in industrial buildings, and among the room-sized IBM mainframe computer...