Alphaville

About Alphaville

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.

Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville is a 1965 mystery science fiction film. Its themes are film noir, private detective, photography, and french noir.

Eddie Constantine appears as Lemmy Caution, Anna Karina as Natacha von Braun, Akim Tamiroff as Henri Dickson, and Valérie Boisgel as 2nd Seductress Third Class (uncredited). Released in May 1965, it runs 99 minutes.

The screenplay is by Jean-Luc Godard. In the United States it streams on BFI Player Amazon Channel, MUBI, and MUBI Amazon Channel.

Elevator to the Gallows, Patema Inverted, and The Matrix Revolutions make useful companions to Alphaville. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 640 votes and it carries a NR rating.