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Overview

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Director:
Wim Wenders
Writers:
Richard Reitinger (writer)
Wim Wenders (writer)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
21 December 1993 (USA) more
Plot:
A sequel to Wender's Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of desire), it again follows a group of angels in... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
A Celebration of life from Wenders more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Otto Sander ... Cassiel
Bruno Ganz ... Damiel

Nastassja Kinski ... Raphaela
Martin Olbertz ... Dying man
Aline Krajewski ... Raissa
Monika Hansen ... Hanna / Gertrud Becker

Peter Falk ... Himself
Rüdiger Vogler ... Phillip Winter
Heinz Rühmann ... Chauffeur Konrad
Mikhail Gorbachev ... Himself
Tilmann Vierzig ... Young Konrad
Hanns Zischler ... Dr. Becker
Antonia Westphal ... Young Hanna
Ingo Schmitz ... Anton Becker
Günter Meisner ... Forger
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Faraway, So Close! (USA)
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Runtime:
144 min | USA:140 min
Country:
Germany
Language:
German | French | English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
Bioskop Film more

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Trivia:
Mikhail Gorbachev only appears because his secretary was familiar with the movies of Wim Wenders and was a great admirer. She talked Gorbachev into giving up a couple of hours to do the cameo as he was on a trip to Germany anyway. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Cassiel meets Anton Becker and returns to Angelo's pizzeria, he meets Emit Flesti and Damiel puts his flour stained hands on Flesti's shoulder, leaving a white mark on the black suit. The next time we see Flesti, moments later, there is no white mark. more
Quotes:
Cassiel: Why can't I be good? Why can't I act like a man? Why can't I act like other men can?
Lou Reed: If I knew, I would tell you. Hang in there.
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Movie Connections:
References Börn náttúrunnar (1991) more
Soundtrack:
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A Celebration of life from Wenders, 17 April 2001
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Author: Jonny Doin (jdoin) from São Paulo, Brasil

This film is about passion. A flicker on the eyes of an angel, our brief lives are as unique and intense as they are ephemeral, and time itself is the fire that burn our passions and desires. Complex and multicultural, the film is disturbingly deep as it is light, a contrast of innocence and evil, showing how the Faust compromise can be present and right/wrong can become difficult to define. Also, the participation of Lou Reed and Peter Falk as themselves bring Faust to reality, as a mirror to ourselves. The deeply german Wenders pay a compliment to Gorbatchev for the fall of the Wall, maybe telling us the duality of time, that can be good and evil like the faces of a coin. Wonderful piece of art.

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