Alice (1981 film)
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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
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'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
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, 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
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 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)
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...

. The film is relatively obscure despite the participation of well-known talent. It was released on VHS
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 in the United States
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 by Karl-Lorimar Home Video, although it is now out-of-print.
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