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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:
Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
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
Sascha Wohlatz ... Teenager
Lasse Lehmann ... Teenager
Marcel Jelinski ... Teenager
Nils Schildhauer ... Teenager
Patrick Winz ... Teenager
Benjamin Winz ... Teenager
Camilla Pontabry ... Doria
Solveig Dommartin ... Marion
Frédéric Darie ... Maurice
Jean-Marie Rase ... Jules
Lajos Kovács ... Lali
Bruno Krief ... Paul
Armance Brown ... Paula
Henri Alekan ... Captain
Hugues Delforge ... 'Les Elastonautes'
Clause Poncelet ... 'Les Elastonautes'
Susanne Jansen ... Woman in galery
Bob Rutman ... Artist
Yella Rottländer ... Winter's angel
Alexander Hauff ... Taxi driver
Horst Buchholz ... Tony Baker
Andrzej Pieczynski ... Czomsky
Natan Fyodorovsky ... Russian
Ronald Nitschke ... Patzke
Louis Cochet ... Louis
Lou Reed ... Himself

Willem Dafoe ... Emit Flesti
Johanna Penski ... Woman selling flowers
Steffi Hiller ... Passer-by
Eberhard Knappe ... Passer-by
Shefqet Namani ... Street gambler
Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann ... Police officer
Matthias Zelic ... Seller
Nadja Engel ... Woman doing box on the ear
Daniela Nasimcova ... Angel
Gunter Kelm ... Museum attendent
Heinz-Peter Graubaum ... Museum attendent
Claude Lergenmueller ... Andre
Melanie Pontabry ... Melanie
Alfred Sczczot ... Grumpy
Udo Samel ... Peter (Security guard)
Gerd Wameling ... Security guard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Curt Bois ... Homer, the aged poet (scenes deleted)

Tom Farrell ... Patient in coma (uncredited)
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Directed by
Wim Wenders 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Richard Reitinger  writer
Wim Wenders  writer
Ulrich Zieger  writer

Produced by
Ulrich Felsberg .... producer
Michael Schwarz .... line producer
Wim Wenders .... producer
 
Original Music by
David Darling 
Laurent Petitgand 
Graeme Revell 
 
Cinematography by
Jürgen Jürges 
 
Film Editing by
Peter Przygodda 
 
Production Design by
Albrecht Konrad 
 
Art Direction by
Martin Schreiber 
 
Costume Design by
Esther Walz 
 
Makeup Department
Christine Atar .... makeup artist
Jeannette Latzelsberger .... assistant makeup artist
Valeska Schitthelm .... additional makeup artist
Hasso von Hugo .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Karsten Brünig .... unit production manager
Udo Heiland .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott Kirby .... first assistant director
Anyon Rey .... second assistant director
Caroline Veyssière .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Michael Fechner .... property master
Andreas Olshausen .... construction coordinator
Martin Schreiber .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
Tommy Goodwin .... adr mixer
Gunther Kortwich .... sound
Matthias Lempert .... sound effects
Andreas Walther .... boom operator
 
Special Effects by
Gerd Feuchter .... special effects
Michael Luppino .... special effects
Uli Nefzer .... special effects supervisor (as Ulrich Nefzer)
 
Visual Effects by
Morten McAdams .... matte painter
Morten McAdams .... optical effects
Frank Schlegel .... optical effects
Hubert von Seidlein .... matte painter
 
Stunts
Clemans Bail .... stunts
François Doge .... stunt coordinator
Jean-Claude Houbart .... stunts
Hardy Martins .... stunts
Denis Wyss .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jürgen Bosse .... gaffer
Stefan Breitel .... lighting technician
Jost Engelmayer .... lighting technician
Martin Fischer .... additional electrician
Claus Gerling .... dolly grip
Judith Kaufmann .... second camera operator
Andreas Neubauer .... still photographer
Martina Radwan .... Steadicam assistant
Martina Radwan .... assistant camera
Ronald Schwarz .... best boy
Marco Teuchert .... lighting technician
Jörg Widmer .... Steadicam operator
Jörg Widmer .... first assistant camera
 
Animation Department
Peter Tabbert .... computer animator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marianne Birck .... wardrober
Andrea Schirmer .... wardrober
Ingrid Weiss .... wardrober
 
Music Department
Jane Siberry .... musician
 
Other crew
Peter Bartoschek .... title designer
Waltraud Bartoschek .... title designer
Karsten Bruening .... first recording manager
Gerd Feuchter .... weapons
Steffi Hiller .... production accountant
Anton Klima .... aerial coordinator
Katrin Mehlhop .... continuity
Karl Nefzer .... weapons
Ralph Remstedt .... second recording manager
 

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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

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Cassiel walks through the underground after becoming a human, there's a poster of Lou Reed in the background. Lou Reed plays himself in the movie. 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:
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.
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Movie Connections:
References Börn náttúrunnar (1991) more
Soundtrack:
Berlin more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder, 15 September 2003
10/10
Author: Louise Brooks (Lulu@theophanyrecords.com) from United States

This movie is exceptional. It never fails to make me cry. It is a contemporary Epic Poem about an Angel who enters time and becomes human in order to become more skillful at his eternal task. It is long (nearly 2.5 hours) and probably a little challenging for short attention spans. The cinematography is stunning. The script is incredibly complicated with hidden messages and multiple levels of symbolism. It won the Prix du Jury at Cannes (1993). It doesn't suck.

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