Alphaville Film Still

Alphaville

Jean-Luc Godard

 
Alphaville Criterion DVD

DVD

1 Disc

SRP: $29.95

Out of Print
  • France
  • 1965
  • 99 minutes
  • Black and White
  • 1.33:1
  • French

SYNOPSIS: A cockeyed fusion of science fiction, pulp characters, and surrealist poetry, Godard’s irreverent journey to the mysterious Alphaville remains one of the least conventional films of all time. Eddie Constantine stars as intergalactic hero Lemmy Caution, on a mission to kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60.

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Cast

Lemmy CautionEddie Constantine
Natasha VonbraunAnna Karina
Henry DicksonAkim Tamiroff
Professor VonbraunHoward Vernon

Credits

DirectorJean-Luc Godard
ScreenplayJean-Luc Godard
ProducerAndré Michelin
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
MusicPaul Misraki
EditingAgnès Guillemot

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Alphaville

By Andrew SarrisOctober 19, 1998

When Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville opened the 1965 New York Film Festival, the American Civil Liberties Union Benefit audience seemed genuinely baffled by the abrupt shifts in tone Read more »