Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany
Why tonight?
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected.
- new york city
- airplane
- airport
- amsterdam
- netherlands
- man woman relationship
- man
- black and white
- polaroid camera
- road movie
- empire state building
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ernest Boehm — Publisher
- Sam Presti — Car Dealer
- Lois Moran — Airport Hostess
- Didi Petrikat — Woman at Swimming Park
- Hans Hirschmüller — Police Officer
- Sibylle Baier — Woman on Ferry
- Mirko — Boy Singing Next to Jukebox
- Chuck Berry — Chuck Berry (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Julia Baier — Young Girl on Ferry (uncredited)
- Peter Genée — Man in NY Airport / Man on Amsterdam Tour Boat (uncredited)
- Peter Handke — Man at Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited)
- Directed
- Wim Wenders
- Written
- Wim Wenders, Veith von Fürstenberg
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 346 ratings
- Studio
- Filmverlag der Autoren, WDR, Wim Wenders Stiftung
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