Alice is a 1982 musical-fantasy film co-produced by Belgian and Polish film companies. The film is a modern telling of Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...

's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures...

story and stars French

France

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 actress Sophie Barjac

Sophie Barjac

Sophie Barjac is a Belgian actress of stage, screen and television. Although most of her work is in the French language , Barjac has occasionally acted in the English language: the Canadian television series Bordertown and the Belgian-Polish coproduction Alice .- References :*...

 in the title role. Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor.-Life and career:Cassel was born Jean-Pierre Crochon in Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite , an opera singer, and Georges Crochon, a doctor. Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 film The Happy Road...

 plays the jogger named Rabbit with whom Alice falls in love; Susannah York

Susannah York

Susannah York was a British film, stage and television actress. She was awarded a BAFTA as Best Supporting Actress for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for the same film. She won best actress for Images at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival...

, Paul Nicholas

Paul Nicholas

Paul Nicholas is an English actor and singer who has had considerable success on stage, screen and in the pop charts.-Biography:Nicholas was born as Paul Oscar Beuselinck in Peterborough, England...

, Jack Wild

Jack Wild

Jack Wild was a British actor who is best remembered for his performances in both stage and screen productions of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! with Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, and Oliver Reed. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 16 for the role of the...

, Tracy Hyde

Tracy Hyde

Tracy Constance Margaret Hyde, actress and model shot to fame in the 1971 film Melody after being discovered by film producer, David Puttnam...

, Peter Straker and Dominic Guard

Dominic Guard

Dominic Guard is a former English film actor.His most famous role was as a 14-year-old when he played Leo in The Go-Between. He won a BAFTA award in 1972 for his performance...

 all have supporting roles.

The film features a musical score by Henri Seroka

Henri Seroka

Henri Seroka is a Belgian singer and composer. Although he began his career as a singer, he is most known today for his compositions, especially film music, and for composing Belgium's official song for the 1984 Olympic Games.-Biography:...

 and lyrics by Gyllianna. Barjac's vocals were dubbed by the Scottish

Scotland

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 singer Lulu

Lulu (singer)

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. The film is relatively obscure despite the participation of well-known talent. It was released on VHS

VHS

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 in the United States

United States

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 by Karl-Lorimar Home Video, although it is now out-of-print.