If you loved Der Himmel über Berlin, try Alice in den Städten
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Alice in den Städten hat ungefähr 4.4× Stimmen weniger als Der Himmel über Berlin — ein tieferer Cut, keine Mainstream-Empfehlung. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
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Both films are directed by Wim Wenders, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Der Himmel über Berlin, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Alice in den Städten is
German writer's block meets road movie when a stranded journalist inherits a nine-year-old girl with a Polaroid camera and no shared language. Their uneasy cross-country search for the girl's grandmother becomes a quiet portrait of responsibility. A deadpan West German road trip.
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