In weiter Ferne, so nah! (1993)

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Richard Reitinger (writer)
Wim Wenders (writer)

Release Date:

21 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Drama | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

A sequel to Wender's Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of desire), it again follows a group of angels in...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Angel | German Reunification | Post Cold War | Afterlife

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Otto Sander	...	Cassiel
Bruno Ganz	...	Damiel
Mikhail Gorbachev	...	Himself (as Michail S. Gorbatschow)
Nastassja Kinski	...	Raphaela
Martin Olbertz	...	Dying Man
Aline Krajewski	...	Raissa
Monika Hansen	...	Hanna / Gertrud Becker
Rüdiger Vogler	...	Phillip Winter
Heinz Rühmann	...	Konrad
Tilmann Vierzig	...	Young Konrad
Hanns Zischler	...	Dr. Becker
Antonia Westphal	...	Young Hanna
Ingo Schmitz	...	Anton Becker
Günter Meisner	...	Forger
Sascha Wohlatz	...	Teenager

Also Known As:

Faraway, So Close! (USA)

Runtime:

144 min | USA:140 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | French | English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Germany:6 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Alexanderplatz, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Bioskop Film

Trivia:

Wim Wenders cut nearly an hour out of the film to get it to its release running time.

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.

Quotes:

Emit Flesti: Have you heard the prophecy? "In the Year of Hate, when all that is foreign is despised, dark riders will enter the harbor, seize the ship and everyone on it and sail them straight into hell"
Cassiel: I know all prophecy, but not this one. You made it up.
Emit Flesti: What's the difference? It just happened.

Movie Connections:

References Börn náttúrunnar (1991)

Soundtrack:

Slow Tango

A Celebration of life from Wenders

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.