Faraway, So Close!

"Your favorite Angels are back!"

1993 2h 27m DE

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 186

DramaFantasyRomance

Synopsis

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A group of angels look longingly upon the life of humans. Berlin now is a very different place: unified in name but overrun with crime, corruption, and—in what turns out to be a key theme here—Americans.

“Your favorite Angels are back!”

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Cast

Otto Sander
Cassiel
Bruno Ganz
Damiel
Nastassja Kinski
Raphaela
Peter Falk
Peter Falk
Solveig Dommartin
Marion
Heinz Rühmann
Konrad
Rüdiger Vogler
Phillip Winter
Willem Dafoe
Emit Flesti

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wim Wenders
Writers: Richard Reitinger, Wim Wenders, Ulrich Zieger
Languages: English, French, Italian, Russian, German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: English, French, Italian, Russian, German.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Damiel and Cassiel Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Wim Wenders, shot by Jürgen Jürges. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Laurent Petitgand. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Przygodda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Otto Sander and Bruno Ganz and Nastassja Kinski carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Your favorite Angels are back!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Wim Wenders directs. Jürgen Jürges behind the camera. Laurent Petitgand scores. Peter Przygodda cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in English, French, Italian, Russian, German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 5 languages: English, French, Italian, Russian, German.
3Part of the "Damiel and Cassiel Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Wim Wenders, shot by Jürgen Jürges. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Laurent Petitgand. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Peter Przygodda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Otto Sander and Bruno Ganz and Nastassja Kinski carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Your favorite Angels are back!".
9IMDB entry: tt0107209 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jürgen Jürges
Original score: Laurent Petitgand
Editing: Peter Przygodda
Production design: Albrecht Konrad
Costume design: Esther Walz
Makeup / hair: Christine Atar
Sound: Michael Kranz
Stunt coordinator: François Doge
Runtime: 147 min · 2h 27m
Status: Released
Box office: $810,455
Original language: DE
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Faraway, So Close! (1993)

Awards

Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix

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Part of

Damiel and Cassiel Collection

This collection includes Wings of Desire, a 1987 romantic fantasy film about angels who populate Berlin, and its sequel, Faraway, So Close!, released in 1993. City of Angels, a U.S. remake, was released in 1998.