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Faraway, So Close!

Faraway, So Close!

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Faraway, So Close!

"Your favorite Angels are back!"

1993

2h 27m

7.0(184 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Otto Sander

Otto Sander

Cassiel

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Damiel

Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski

Raphaela

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Solveig Dommartin

Solveig Dommartin

Marion

Heinz Rühmann

Heinz Rühmann

Konrad

Rüdiger Vogler

Rüdiger Vogler

Phillip Winter

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Emit Flesti

Horst Buchholz

Horst Buchholz

Tony Baker

Martin Olbertz

Martin Olbertz

The Dying Man

Creative team

Directed by: Wim Wenders
Written by: Richard Reitinger
Wim Wenders
Produced by: Ulrich Felsberg
Wim Wenders

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