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Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (original title)
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A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.
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Lemmy Caution
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Natacha von Braun
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Henri Dickson (as Akim Tamirof)
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Valérie Boisgel ...
2nd Seductress Third Class (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Comolli ...
Prof. Jeckell (uncredited)
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von Braun's Assistant (uncredited)
Jean-André Fieschi ...
Prof. Heckell (uncredited)
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1st Seductress Third Class (uncredited)
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Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)
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Chief Engineer (uncredited)
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Léonard von Braun (uncredited)

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Jean-Luc Godard

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Jean-Luc Godard ... ()
 
Paul Éluard ... (poem "Capitale de la douleur") (uncredited)

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René Allamelle ... producer (uncredited)
André Michelin ... producer
Giorgio Moser ... producer (uncredited)
Jo Siritzky ... producer (uncredited)

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Paul Misraki

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Raoul Coutard

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Agnès Guillemot

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Pierre Guffroy ... (uncredited)

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Philippe Dussart ... production manager (uncredited)

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Jacques Barzaghi ... trainee assistant director
Charles L. Bitsch ... assistant director (uncredited)
Hélène Kalougine ... assistant director (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud ... assistant director (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Savignac ... assistant director (uncredited)

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René Levert ... sound (uncredited)

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Georges Liron ... camera operator (uncredited)
Georges Pierre ... still photographer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Lemmy Caution, an American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. His very American character is at odds with the city's ruler, an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression. Written by Gene Volovich

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Taglines The strange adventure of Lemmy Caution - secret agent of the future See more »
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Also Known As
  • Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (France)
  • Alphaville (France)
  • Tarzan vs. IBM (France)
  • Agente Lemmy Caution: Missione Alphaville (Italy)
  • Alphaville (United States)
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  • 99 min
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Budget $220,000 (estimated)

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Trivia It 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. See more »
Goofs Towards the beginning, the term "light years" is used as if it were a measure of time, when actually it is a measure of distance. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Une vague nouvelle (1999). See more »
Crazy Credits Before 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." See more »
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.
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