485BPOS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2013

File Nos. 33-76598

811-08426

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 36 x

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:

(800) 221-5672

Emilie D. Wrapp

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

Copies of communications to:

Kathleen K. Clarke

Seward & Kissel LLP

901 K Street, NW

Suite 800

Washington, DC 20001

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

¨ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

x on November 15, 2013 pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

¨ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York, on the 15th day of November, 2013.

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND, INC.
By:	Robert M. Keith*
	Robert M. Keith President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

	Signature	Title	Date
1.	Principal Executive Officer:
	Robert M. Keith* Robert M. Keith	President and Chief Executive Officer	November 15, 2013
2.	Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:
	/s/    Joseph J. Mantineo Joseph J. Mantineo	Treasurer and Chief FinancialOfficer	November 15, 2013
3.	All of the Directors:
	John H. Dobkin* Michael J. Downey* William H. Foulk, Jr.* D. James Guzy* Nancy P. Jacklin* Robert M. Keith* Garry L. Moody* Marshall C. Turner, Jr.* Earl D. Weiner*
*By:	/s/    Stephen J. Laffey Stephen J. Laffey (Attorney-in-fact)		November 15, 2013

Index To Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibits
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CALC	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

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Label	Element	Value
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Registrant Name	dei_EntityRegistrantName	ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC
Prospectus Date	rr_ProspectusDate	Nov. 01, 2013
Document Creation Date	dei_DocumentCreationDate	Oct. 30, 2013

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Label	Element	Value
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Registrant Name	dei_EntityRegistrantName	ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC
Prospectus Date	rr_ProspectusDate	Nov. 01, 2013
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Risk/Return [Heading]	rr_RiskReturnHeading	ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND
Objective [Heading]	rr_ObjectiveHeading	INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
Objective, Primary [Text Block]	rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock	The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.
Expense [Heading]	rr_ExpenseHeading	FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock	This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge reductions if you and members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Investing in the Funds--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 45 of this Prospectus and in Purchase of Shares--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 108 of the Funds' SAI.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]	rr_ShareholderFeesCaption	SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text]	rr_OperatingExpensesCaption	ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading	PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock	The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys or sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These transaction costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Examples, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 30% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate	rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate	30.00%
Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block]	rr_ExpensesDeferredChargesTextBlock	Purchases of Class A shares in amounts of $1,000,000 or more, or by certain group retirement plans, may be subject to a 1%, 1-year CDSC, which may be subject to waiver in certain circumstances. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after eight years. The CDSC decreases over time. For Class B shares the CDSC decreases 1.00% annually to 0% after the fourth year. For Class C shares, the CDSC is 0% after the first year.
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text]	rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts	You may qualify for sales charge reductions if you and members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount]	rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount	$ 100,000
Expense Example [Heading]	rr_ExpenseExampleHeading	EXAMPLES
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock	The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses stay the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text]	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionByYearCaption	For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares at the end of the period:
Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	The Fund invests primarily in an international portfolio of equity securities of companies selected by the Adviser for their growth potential within various market sectors. Examples of the types of market sectors in which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, information technology (which includes telecommunications), health care, financial services, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, and consumer groups. The Adviser's growth analysts seek to identify companies or industries that other investors have underestimated earnings potential--for example, some hidden earnings driver (including, but not limited to, reduced competition, market share gain, better margin trend, increased customer base, or similar factors) that would cause a company to grow faster than market forecasts. The Adviser allocates the Fund's investments among broad sector groups utilizing the fundamental company research conducted by its internal research staff, assessing the current and forecasted investment opportunities and conditions, as well as diversification and risk considerations. The Adviser may vary the percentage allocations among market sectors and may change the market sectors in which the Fund invests as companies' potential for growth within a sector matures and new trends for growth emerge. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, in the equity securities of companies located in at least three countries (and normally substantially more) other than the United States. The Fund invests in securities of companies in both developed and emerging market countries. Geographic distribution of the Fund's investments among countries or regions also will be a product of the stock selection process rather than a pre-determined allocation. The Fund may also invest in synthetic foreign equity securities, which are various types of warrants used internationally that entitle a holder to buy or sell underlying securities. The Adviser expects that normally the Fund's portfolio will tend to emphasize investments in larger capitalization companies, although the Fund may invest in smaller or medium capitalization companies. The Fund may, at times, invest in shares of ETFs in lieu of making direct investments in securities. ETFs may provide more efficient and economical exposure to the types of companies and geographic locations in which the Fund seeks to invest than direct investments. Currencies can have a dramatic impact on equity returns, significantly adding to returns in some years and greatly diminishing them in others. Currency and equity positions are evaluated separately. The Adviser may seek to hedge the currency exposure resulting from securities positions when it finds the currency exposure unattractive. To hedge all or a portion of its currency risk, the Fund may, from time to time, invest in currency-related derivatives, including forward currency exchange contracts, futures, options on futures, swaps and options. The Adviser may also seek investment opportunities by taking long or short positions in currencies through the use of currency-related derivatives. The Fund may enter into other derivatives transactions, such as options, futures contracts, forwards, and swaps. The Fund may use options strategies involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, including on individual securities and stock indices, futures contracts (including futures contracts on individual securities and stock indices) or shares of ETFs. These transactions may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, or to protect all or a portion of the Fund's portfolio from a decline in value, sometimes within certain ranges.
Risk [Heading]	rr_RiskHeading	PRINCIPAL RISKS
Risk Narrative [Text Block]	rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock	MARKET RISK: The value of the Fund's assets will fluctuate as the stock or bond market fluctuates. The value of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market. It includes the risk that a particular style of investing, such as growth, may underperform the market generally. FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) RISK: Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors. EMERGING MARKET RISK: Investments in emerging market countries may have more risk because the markets are less developed and less liquid as well as being subject to increased economic, political, regulatory or other uncertainties. CURRENCY RISK: Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund's investments or reduce its returns. CAPITALIZATION RISK: Investments in small- and mid-capitalization companies may be more volatile than investments in large-capitalization companies. Investments in small-capitalization companies may have additional risks because these companies have limited product lines, markets or financial resources. DERIVATIVES RISK: Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments. MANAGEMENT RISK: The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively-managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results. As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.
Risk Lose Money [Text]	rr_RiskLoseMoney	As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]	rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading	BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Performance Narrative [Text Block]	rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock	The bar chart and performance information provide an indication of the historical risk of an investment in the Fund by showing: how the Fund's performance changed from year to year over ten years; and how the Fund's average annual returns for one, five and ten years compare to those of a broad-based securities market index. You may obtain updated performance information on the Fund's website at www.AllianceBernstein.com (click on "Individuals--U.S." then "Products & Performance"). The Fund's past performance before and after taxes, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]	rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns	how the Fund's performance changed from year to year over ten years; and how the Fund's average annual returns for one, five and ten years compare to those of a broad-based securities market index.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text]	rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress	www.AllianceBernstein.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]	rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture	The Fund's past performance before and after taxes, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading]	rr_BarChartHeading	BAR CHART
Bar Chart Narrative [Text Block]	rr_BarChartNarrativeTextBlock	The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Fund's Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads. If sales loads were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Through September 30, 2013, the year-to-date unannualized return for Class A shares was 8.32%.
Bar Chart Does Not Reflect Sales Loads [Text]	rr_BarChartDoesNotReflectSalesLoads	The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Fund's Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads.
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block]	rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock	During the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund's: BEST QUARTER WAS UP 24.65%, 2ND QUARTER, 2009; AND WORST QUARTER WAS DOWN -27.28%, 3RD QUARTER, 2008.
Performance Table Heading	rr_PerformanceTableHeading	PERFORMANCE TABLE AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (For the periods ended December 31, 2012)
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate	rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate	Are an estimate, which is based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes; actual after-tax returns depend on an individual investor's tax situation and are likely to differ from those shown;
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred	rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred	Are not relevant to investors who hold fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text]	rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown	After-tax returns: -Are shown for Class A shares only and will vary for the other Classes of shares because these Classes have different expense ratios;
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | Class A
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	4.25%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none	[1]
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFee	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.30%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.19%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.08%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.32%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	554
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	826
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	1,118
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,948
2003	rr_AnnualReturn2003	44.72%
2004	rr_AnnualReturn2004	23.85%
2005	rr_AnnualReturn2005	19.83%
2006	rr_AnnualReturn2006	25.04%
2007	rr_AnnualReturn2007	17.14%
2008	rr_AnnualReturn2008	(49.39%)
2009	rr_AnnualReturn2009	40.09%
2010	rr_AnnualReturn2010	12.39%
2011	rr_AnnualReturn2011	(16.51%)
2012	rr_AnnualReturn2012	15.40%
Year to Date Return, Label	rr_YearToDateReturnLabel	year-to-date
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date	rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate	Sep. 30, 2013
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return	rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn	8.32%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel	BEST QUARTER
Highest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate	Jun. 30, 2009
Highest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn	24.65%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label	rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel	WORST QUARTER
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate	Sep. 30, 2008
Lowest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn	(27.28%)
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	10.53%	[2]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(5.97%)	[2]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	8.75%	[2]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | Class B
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Shareholder Fees Column [Text]	rr_ShareholderFeesColumnName	(NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED TO NEW INVESTORS)
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	4.00%	[3]
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFee	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	1.00%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.24%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.08%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.32%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	2.07%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	610
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	849
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	1,114
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	2,208
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	210
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	649
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	1,114
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	2,208
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	10.47%
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(5.90%)
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	8.55%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | Class C
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	1.00%	[4]
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFee	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	1.00%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.20%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.08%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.28%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	2.03%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	306
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	637
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	1,093
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	2,358
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	206
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	637
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	1,093
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	2,358
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	13.49%
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(5.85%)
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	8.42%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | Advisor Class
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFee	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.19%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.08%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.27%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.02%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	104
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	325
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	563
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,248
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	15.77%
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(4.88%)
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	9.55%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | Class R
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFee	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.50%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.25%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.08%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.33%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.58%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	161
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	499
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	860
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,878
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	15.18%	[5]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(5.38%)	[5]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	8.97%	[5]
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 01, 2005	[5]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | Class K
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFee	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	0.25%
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.20%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.08%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.28%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	1.28%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	130
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	406
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	702
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	1,545
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	15.44%	[5]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(5.12%)	[5]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	9.27%	[5]
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 01, 2005	[5]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | Class I
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice	none
Exchange Fee	rr_ExchangeFee	none
Management Fees	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets	none
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.04%
Other Expenses	rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.08%
Total Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.87%
After 1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	89
After 3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	278
After 5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	482
After 10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	$ 1,073
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	15.97%	[5]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(4.73%)	[5]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	9.65%	[5]
Inception Date	rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate	Mar. 01, 2005	[5]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | Return After Taxes on Distributions | Class A
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	10.51%	[2]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(6.16%)	[2]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	8.49%	[2]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | Class A
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	7.14%	[2]
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(4.91%)	[2]
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	7.91%	[2]
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | MSCI AC World Index (ex. U.S. (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes except the reinvestment of dividends of non-U.S. withholding taxes)
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	16.83%
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(2.89%)
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	9.74%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC | MSCI World Index (ex. U.S. (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes except the reinvestment of dividends of non-U.S. withholding taxes)
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 YEAR	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	16.41%
5 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	(3.43%)
10 YEARS	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	8.60%

[1] Purchases of Class A shares in amounts of $1,000,000 or more, or by certain group retirement plans, may be subject to a 1%, 1-year CDSC, which may be subject to waiver in certain circumstances.

[2] After-tax returns: -Are shown for Class A shares only and will vary for the other Classes of shares because these Classes have different expense ratios; -Are an estimate, which is based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes; actual after-tax returns depend on an individual investor's tax situation and are likely to differ from those shown; and -Are not relevant to investors who hold fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

[3] Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after eight years. The CDSC decreases over time. For Class B shares the CDSC decreases 1.00% annually to 0% after the fourth year.

[4] For Class C shares, the CDSC is 0% after the first year.

[5] Inception date for Class R, Class K and Class I shares: 3/1/05. Performance information for periods prior to the inception of Class R, Class K and Class I shares is the performance of the Fund's Class A shares adjusted to reflect the higher expense ratio of the Class R shares and the lower expense ratios of Class K and Class I shares, respectively.

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ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge reductions if you and members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Investing in the Funds--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 45 of this Prospectus and in Purchase of Shares--Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A Shares on page 108 of the Funds' SAI.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC (USD $)	Class A Shares		Class B Shares		Class C Shares		Advisor Class Shares	Class R Shares	Class K Shares	Class I Shares
Shareholder Fees Column [Text]			(NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED TO NEW INVESTORS)
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	4.25%		none		none		none	none	none	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)	none	[1]	4.00%	[2]	1.00%	[3]	none	none	none	none
Exchange Fee	none		none		none		none	none	none	none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage
of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC	Class A	Class B	Class C	Advisor Class	Class R	Class K	Class I
Management Fees	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees	0.30%	1.00%	1.00%	none	0.50%	0.25%	none
Other Expenses: Transfer Agent	0.19%	0.24%	0.20%	0.19%	0.25%	0.20%	0.04%
Other Expenses	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%
Total Other Expenses	0.27%	0.32%	0.28%	0.27%	0.33%	0.28%	0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	1.32%	2.07%	2.03%	1.02%	1.58%	1.28%	0.87%

EXAMPLES

The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses stay the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC (USD $)	Class A	Class B	Class C	Advisor Class	Class R	Class K	Class I
After 1 Year	554	610	306	104	161	130	89
After 3 Years	826	849	637	325	499	406	278
After 5 Years	1,118	1,114	1,093	563	860	702	482
After 10 Years	1,948	2,208	2,358	1,248	1,878	1,545	1,073

For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares at the end of the period:

Expense Example, No Redemption ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC (USD $)	Class B	Class C
After 1 Year	210	206
After 3 Years	649	637
After 5 Years	1,114	1,093
After 10 Years	2,208	2,358

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys or sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These transaction costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Examples, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 30% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES

The Fund invests primarily in an international portfolio of equity securities of companies selected by the Adviser for their growth potential within various market sectors. Examples of the types of market sectors in which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, information technology (which includes telecommunications), health care, financial services, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, and consumer groups. The Adviser's growth analysts seek to identify companies or industries that other investors have underestimated earnings potential--for example, some hidden earnings driver (including, but not limited to, reduced competition, market share gain, better margin trend, increased customer base, or similar factors) that would cause a company to grow faster than market forecasts.

The Adviser allocates the Fund's investments among broad sector groups utilizing the fundamental company research conducted by its internal research staff, assessing the current and forecasted investment opportunities and conditions, as well as diversification and risk considerations. The Adviser may vary the percentage allocations among market sectors and may change the market sectors in which the Fund invests as companies' potential for growth within a sector matures and new trends for growth emerge.

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, in the equity securities of companies located in at least three countries (and normally substantially more) other than the United States. The Fund invests in securities of companies in both developed and emerging market countries. Geographic distribution of the Fund's investments among countries or regions also will be a product of the stock selection process rather than a pre-determined allocation. The Fund may also invest in synthetic foreign equity securities, which are various types of warrants used internationally that entitle a holder to buy or sell underlying securities. The Adviser expects that normally the Fund's portfolio will tend to emphasize investments in larger capitalization companies, although the Fund may invest in smaller or medium capitalization companies.

The Fund may, at times, invest in shares of ETFs in lieu of making direct investments in securities. ETFs may provide more efficient and economical exposure to the types of companies and geographic locations in which the Fund seeks to invest than direct investments.

Currencies can have a dramatic impact on equity returns, significantly adding to returns in some years and greatly diminishing them in others. Currency and equity positions are evaluated separately. The Adviser may seek to hedge the currency exposure resulting from securities positions when it finds the currency exposure unattractive. To hedge all or a portion of its currency risk, the Fund may, from time to time, invest in currency-related derivatives, including forward currency exchange contracts, futures, options on futures, swaps and options. The Adviser may also seek investment opportunities by taking long or short positions in currencies through the use of currency-related derivatives.

The Fund may enter into other derivatives transactions, such as options, futures contracts, forwards, and swaps. The Fund may use options strategies involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, including on individual securities and stock indices, futures contracts (including futures contracts on individual securities and stock indices) or shares of ETFs. These transactions may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, or to protect all or a portion of the Fund's portfolio from a decline in value, sometimes within certain ranges.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

• MARKET RISK: The value of the Fund's assets will fluctuate as the stock or bond market fluctuates. The value of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market. It includes the risk that a particular style of investing, such as growth, may underperform the market generally.

• FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) RISK: Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors.

• EMERGING MARKET RISK: Investments in emerging market countries may have more risk because the markets are less developed and less liquid as well as being subject to increased economic, political, regulatory or other uncertainties.

• CURRENCY RISK: Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund's investments or reduce its returns.

• CAPITALIZATION RISK: Investments in small- and mid-capitalization companies may be more volatile than investments in large-capitalization companies. Investments in small-capitalization companies may have additional risks because these companies have limited product lines, markets or financial resources.

• DERIVATIVES RISK: Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments.

• MANAGEMENT RISK: The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively-managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.

As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The bar chart and performance information provide an indication of the historical risk of an investment in the Fund by showing:

• how the Fund's performance changed from year to year over ten years; and

• how the Fund's average annual returns for one, five and ten years compare to those of a broad-based securities market index.

You may obtain updated performance information on the Fund's website at www.AllianceBernstein.com (click on "Individuals--U.S." then "Products & Performance").

The Fund's past performance before and after taxes, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.

BAR CHART

The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Fund's Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads. If sales loads were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Through September 30, 2013, the year-to-date unannualized return for Class A shares was 8.32%.

During the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund's:

BEST QUARTER WAS UP 24.65%, 2ND QUARTER, 2009; AND WORST QUARTER WAS DOWN
-27.28%, 3RD QUARTER, 2008.

PERFORMANCE TABLE
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

(For the periods ended December 31, 2012)

Average Annual Total Returns ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND INC		1 YEAR	5 YEARS	10 YEARS	Inception Date
Class A	[1]	10.53%	(5.97%)	8.75%
Class A Return After Taxes on Distributions	[1]	10.51%	(6.16%)	8.49%
Class A Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	[1]	7.14%	(4.91%)	7.91%
Class B		10.47%	(5.90%)	8.55%
Class C		13.49%	(5.85%)	8.42%
Advisor Class		15.77%	(4.88%)	9.55%
Class R	[2]	15.18%	(5.38%)	8.97%	Mar. 01, 2005
Class K	[2]	15.44%	(5.12%)	9.27%	Mar. 01, 2005
Class I	[2]	15.97%	(4.73%)	9.65%	Mar. 01, 2005
MSCI AC World Index (ex. U.S. (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes except the reinvestment of dividends of non-U.S. withholding taxes)		16.83%	(2.89%)	9.74%
MSCI World Index (ex. U.S. (Net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes except the reinvestment of dividends of non-U.S. withholding taxes)		16.41%	(3.43%)	8.60%

[1] Purchases of Class A shares in amounts of $1,000,000 or more, or by certain group retirement plans, may be subject to a 1%, 1-year CDSC, which may be subject to waiver in certain circumstances.

[2] Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after eight years. The CDSC decreases over time. For Class B shares the CDSC decreases 1.00% annually to 0% after the fourth year.

[3] For Class C shares, the CDSC is 0% after the first year.

[1] After-tax returns: -Are shown for Class A shares only and will vary for the other Classes of shares because these Classes have different expense ratios; -Are an estimate, which is based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes; actual after-tax returns depend on an individual investor's tax situation and are likely to differ from those shown; and -Are not relevant to investors who hold fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

[2] Inception date for Class R, Class K and Class I shares: 3/1/05. Performance information for periods prior to the inception of Class R, Class K and Class I shares is the performance of the Fund's Class A shares adjusted to reflect the higher expense ratio of the Class R shares and the lower expense ratios of Class K and Class I shares, respectively.

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