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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Ulrike Steinbrenner
Verena Koch
Ricardo Íscar
Werner Durand
Arnd Kaestner
Frank Schendler
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Angela Schanelec
- Writers
- Angela Schanelec
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Angela Schanelec directs. Angela Schanelec behind the camera. Angela Schanelec cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 234 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Angela Schanelec, shot by Angela Schanelec. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Angela Schanelec shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Ulrike Steinbrenner and Verena Koch and Ricardo Íscar carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt14358364 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Angela Schanelec
- Editing
- Angela Schanelec
- Runtime
- 9 min · 0h 9m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- IMDB
- Far Away (1992)
Also by
Angela Schanelec
Production companies
Who made it
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
DE
Key crew
- EditorAngela Schanelec
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1992-02-02
