Faraway, So Close!
Faraway, So Close!
Faraway, So Close!
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1993
2h 26m
6.9(175 votes)
Drama
Fantasy

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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60 members
Acting

Otto Sander

Cassiel

Otto Sander
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Bruno Ganz

Damiel

Bruno Ganz
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Nastassja Kinski

Raphaela

Nastassja Kinski
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Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Peter Falk
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Solveig Dommartin

Marion

Solveig Dommartin
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Heinz Rühmann

Konrad

Heinz Rühmann
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Rüdiger Vogler

Phillip Winter

Rüdiger Vogler
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Willem Dafoe

Emit Flesti

Willem Dafoe
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Horst Buchholz

Tony Baker

Horst Buchholz
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Martin Olbertz

The Dying Man

Martin Olbertz
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Monika Hansen

Hanna / Gertrud Becker

Monika Hansen
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Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lou Reed
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Hanns Zischler

Dr. Becker

Hanns Zischler
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Günter Meisner

Forger

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Ronald Nitschke

Patzke

Ronald Nitschke
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Михаил Горбачёв

Mikhail Gorbachev

Михаил Горбачёв
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Gerd Wameling

Security Guard

Gerd Wameling
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Matthias Zelic

Salesman

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Udo Samel

Security Guard

Udo Samel
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Aline Krajewski

Raissa

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Tilmann Vierzig

Young Konrad

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Antonia Westphal

Young Hanna

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Ingo Schmitz

Anton Becker

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Sascha Wohlatz

Teenager

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Lasse Lehmann

Teenager

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Marcel Jelinski

Teenager

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Nils Schildhauer

Teenager

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Patrick Winz

Teenager

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Benjamin Winz

Teenager

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Camilla Pontabry

Doria

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Frédéric Darié

Maurice

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Jean-Marie Rase

Jules

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Kovács Lajos

Lali

Kovács Lajos
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Bruno Krief

Paul

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Armance Brown

Paula

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Camera

Henri Alekan

Captain

Henri Alekan
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Hugues Delforge

Les Elastonautes

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Claude Poncelet

Les Elastonautes

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Susanne Jansen

Woman in the Gallery

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Bob Rutman

Artist

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Yella Rottländer

Winter's Angel

Yella Rottländer
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Alexander Hauff

Taxi Driver

Alexander Hauff
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Andrzej Pieczyński

Czomsky

Andrzej Pieczyński
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Natan Fyodorovsky

Russian

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Lighting

Louis Cochet

Louis

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Johanna Penski

Flower Woman

Johanna Penski
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Steffi Hiller

Passerby

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Eberhard Knappe

Passerby

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Shefqet Namani

Shell Player

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Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann

Police Officer

Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
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Nadja Engel

Woman Slapped in the Face

Nadja Engel
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Daniela Nasimcova

Angel

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Gunter Kelm

Museum Attendant

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Heinz-Peter Graubaum

Museum Attendant

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Claude Lergenmüller

Andre

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Melanie Pontabry

Melanie

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Alfred Sczczot

Grumpy

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Esam Tolba

Fourth Gambler

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Tom Farrell

Patient in Coma (uncredited)

Tom Farrell
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Kora Kirby

Young Girl (uncredited)

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