Faraway, So Close!

6.9
  • Genre: DramaFantasy
  • Run time: 146 min
  • Premiere: 1993. September 1.

Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissatisfied with his destiny as a mere observer of human life and finally decides to take the great leap. As Karl Engel he soon gets into a dubious milieu and finds himself as the assistant of the German American Baker, who makes his money with shady arms deals and sends films east in exchange for weapons. Cassiel’s adventure turns into a “thriller” when he decides to put a stop to Baker’s game.

Discover

Otto Sander

Cassiel

Bruno Ganz

Damiel

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Rüdiger Vogler

Phillip Winter

Willem Dafoe

Emit Flesti

Horst Buchholz

Tony Baker

Martin Olbertz

The Dying Man

Monika Hansen

Hanna / Gertrud Becker

Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Hanns Zischler

Dr. Becker

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Gerd Wameling

Security Guard

Matthias Zelic

Salesman

Udo Samel

Security Guard

Tilmann Vierzig

Young Konrad

Antonia Westphal

Young Hanna

Ingo Schmitz

Anton Becker

Sascha Wohlatz

Teenager

Lasse Lehmann

Teenager

Patrick Winz

Teenager

Benjamin Winz

Teenager

Henri Alekan

Captain

Hugues Delforge

Les Elastonautes

Claude Poncelet

Les Elastonautes

Susanne Jansen

Woman in the Gallery

Bob Rutman

Artist

Yella Rottländer

Winter's Angel

Alexander Hauff

Taxi Driver

Johanna Penski

Flower Woman

Steffi Hiller

Passerby

Shefqet Namani

Shell Player

Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann

Police Officer

Nadja Engel

Woman Slapped in the Face

Gunter Kelm

Museum Attendant

Heinz-Peter Graubaum

Museum Attendant

Esam Tolba

Fourth Gambler

Tom Farrell

Patient in Coma (uncredited)

Kora Kirby

Young Girl (uncredited)

Art

Albrecht Konrad

Production Design

Martin Schreiber

Art Direction

Michael Fechner

Property Master

Andreas Olshausen

Construction Coordinator

Martin Schreiber

Set Dresser

Klaus Rudat

Construction Foreman

Elmar Theissen

Construction Foreman

Peter Bartoschek

Title Designer

Waltraud Bartoschek

Title Designer

Camera

Jürgen Jürges

Director of Photography

Benjamin Dernbecher

Second Assistant Camera

Hagen Bogdanski

Second Assistant Camera

Claus Gerling

Dolly Grip

Ralf Leistl

Second Assistant Camera

Andreas Neubauer

Still Photographer

Martina Radwan

Second Assistant Camera

Jörg Widmer

Steadicam Operator

Jörg Widmer

First Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Esther Walz

Costume Design

Christine Atar

Makeup Artist

Jeanette-Nicole Latzelsberger

Assistant Makeup Artist

Valeska Schitthelm

Makeup Artist

Hasso von Hugo

Makeup Artist

Axel Zornow

Makeup Artist

Gabriele Binder

Assistant Costume Designer

Crew

Michael Luppino

Special Effects

Gerd Nefzer

Special Effects

François Doge

Stunt Coordinator

Denis Wyss

Stunts

Anton Klima

Aerial Coordinator

Gerd Nefzer

Weapons Wrangler

Karl Nefzer

Weapons Wrangler

Curt Bois

In Memory Of

Directing

Wim Wenders

Director

Scott Kirby

First Assistant Director

Anyon Rey

Second Assistant Director

Caroline Veyssière

Second Assistant Director

Katrin Mehlhop

Continuity

Editing

Lighting

Stefan Breitel

Lighting Technician

Jost Engelmayer

Lighting Technician

Martin Fischer

Electrician

Paul Freuer

Electrician

Marco Teuchert

Lighting Technician

Production

Wim Wenders

Producer

Michael Schwarz

Line Producer

Karsten Brünig

Unit Production Manager

Günter Fenner

Unit Manager

Udo Heiland

Production Manager

Kerstin Baldini

Production Driver

Kaspar Falkenroth

Production Driver

Volker Schulze zur Wiesche

Production Driver

Jolanda Darbyshire

Executive Producer's Assistant

Steffi Hiller

Production Accountant

Paul Meyer-Gerlt

Assistant Accountant

Sound

Laurent Petitgand

Original Music Composer

Graeme Revell

Original Music Composer

Tommy Goodwin

ADR Mixer

Hans-Walter Kramski

Sound Effects

Michael Kranz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Matthias Lempert

Sound Effects

Bernd Schmidl

Sound Effects

Andreas Walther

Boom Operator

Klaus Bölitz

Sound Engineer

David Darling

Musician

Irene Maas

Musician

Jane Siberry

Musician

Writing

Richard Reitinger

Screenplay

Wim Wenders

Screenplay

Ulrich Zieger

Screenplay

Daniel Ganz

Script Editor

Lothar Trolle

Script Editor

Art

Albrecht Konrad

Production Design

Martin Schreiber

Art Direction

Michael Fechner

Property Master

Andreas Olshausen

Construction Coordinator

Martin Schreiber

Set Dresser

Klaus Rudat

Construction Foreman

Elmar Theissen

Construction Foreman

Peter Bartoschek

Title Designer

Waltraud Bartoschek

Title Designer

Camera

Jürgen Jürges

Director of Photography

Benjamin Dernbecher

Second Assistant Camera

Hagen Bogdanski

Second Assistant Camera

Claus Gerling

Dolly Grip

Ralf Leistl

Second Assistant Camera

Andreas Neubauer

Still Photographer

Martina Radwan

Second Assistant Camera

Jörg Widmer

Steadicam Operator

Jörg Widmer

First Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Esther Walz

Costume Design

Christine Atar

Makeup Artist

Jeanette-Nicole Latzelsberger

Assistant Makeup Artist

Valeska Schitthelm

Makeup Artist

Hasso von Hugo

Makeup Artist

Axel Zornow

Makeup Artist

Gabriele Binder

Assistant Costume Designer

Crew

Michael Luppino

Special Effects

Gerd Nefzer

Special Effects

François Doge

Stunt Coordinator

Denis Wyss

Stunts

Anton Klima

Aerial Coordinator

Gerd Nefzer

Weapons Wrangler

Karl Nefzer

Weapons Wrangler

Curt Bois

In Memory Of

Directing

Wim Wenders

Director

Scott Kirby

First Assistant Director

Anyon Rey

Second Assistant Director

Caroline Veyssière

Second Assistant Director

Katrin Mehlhop

Continuity

Editing

Lighting

Stefan Breitel

Lighting Technician

Jost Engelmayer

Lighting Technician

Martin Fischer

Electrician

Paul Freuer

Electrician

Marco Teuchert

Lighting Technician

Production

Wim Wenders

Producer

Michael Schwarz

Line Producer

Karsten Brünig

Unit Production Manager

Günter Fenner

Unit Manager

Udo Heiland

Production Manager

Kerstin Baldini

Production Driver

Kaspar Falkenroth

Production Driver

Volker Schulze zur Wiesche

Production Driver

Jolanda Darbyshire

Executive Producer's Assistant

Steffi Hiller

Production Accountant

Paul Meyer-Gerlt

Assistant Accountant

Sound

Laurent Petitgand

Original Music Composer

Graeme Revell

Original Music Composer

Tommy Goodwin

ADR Mixer

Hans-Walter Kramski

Sound Effects

Michael Kranz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Matthias Lempert

Sound Effects

Bernd Schmidl

Sound Effects

Andreas Walther

Boom Operator

Klaus Bölitz

Sound Engineer

David Darling

Musician

Irene Maas

Musician

Jane Siberry

Musician

Writing

Richard Reitinger

Screenplay

Wim Wenders

Screenplay

Ulrich Zieger

Screenplay

Daniel Ganz

Script Editor

Lothar Trolle

Script Editor