

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.”
Direction
Godard's 'no budget' sci-fi: just Paris, neon, and nerve.
Cinematography
Raoul Coutard makes 1965 look like 3000.
Writing
Alpha 60's voice: a gravelly poet of oppression.

Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'futuristic' intergalactic vehicles were just contemporary Citroëns shot in the dark.
Alpha 60's voice was achieved by a French actor with a mechanical larynx device—Godard wanted something 'not quite human.'