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Alphaville

Suddenly the word is Alphaville... and a secret agent is in a breathless race against the Masters of the Future.

6.9(642)19651h 39m5

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.”

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Status
Released
Budget
$220K
Box office
$46.6K
Language
French
Part of Lemmy Caution Series · 10 films
  • photography
  • dystopia
  • super computer
  • surrealism
  • film noir
  • lemmy caution
  • private detective
  • french noir
  • computer scientist
  • future vision
  • distant planet
  • authoritarian regime

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

France, Italy

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNRNew York City, New York25 Oct 1965
    • PremiereNew York Film Festival9 Oct 2013
    • TheatricalNRNew York City, New York (Re-release)7 Feb 2014
    • PremiereFlorida Film Festival19 Apr 2015
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1 Nov 1965
    • TheatricalRe-release10 Jun 1994
    • Theatrical (limited)Cinema '6812 Apr 2008
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical25 Oct 1965
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1220 Aug 1965
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP5 May 1965
    • TheatricalTPRe-release22 Feb 2012
    • Digital / OTTTPNetflix1 Sept 2020
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival25 Jun 1965
    • Theatrical16West Germany22 Jul 1965
    • TVRestored Version14 Dec 2000
    • Theatrical16Re-release20 Dec 2001
    • PhysicalDVD18 Feb 2010
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical (limited)Re-Issue19 Jun 2025
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereSpoleto, Festival dei Due Mondi7 Jul 1965
    • PremiereTrieste Sci-fi Film Festival11 Jul 1965
    • TheatricalT7 Aug 1965
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG17 Oct 1966
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1813 Jan 1966
    • PremiereCinétol Science-Fiction Festival16 Apr 1969
    • Physical12DVD13 Sept 2007
  • NorwayNO

    • Theatrical13 Sept 1965
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical151 Nov 1965
    • PremiereGöteborg Film Festival4 Feb 2024

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Alphaville was released on 5 May 1965.

Audience reviews

2
  • C

    CRCulver

    6/5/2018

    9/10

    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 s…

  • L

    lancethedealer

    1/25/2019

    Ivan Caution explores the dystopian Alphaville where the only truth is logic, anything else is punishable by death. Everybody is popping pills, womenn are classes by their seductive level and the men are merely puppets to the computer Alpha 60. The plot is strangely reminiscent of today, almost in a predictive fashion. It seems to be influenced by 1984 but it doesn’t do so in a repetitive or tiring manner. Moreove…

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