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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.
Theatrical
Dec 21, 1993
Box Office
$810K
Director
Writers
Richard Reitinger, Wim Wenders, Ulrich Zieger
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Music
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Tobis, Road Movies
Original Title
In weiter Ferne, so nah!
Original Language
German
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Cast
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Otto Sander
Cassiel
B
Bruno Ganz
Damiel
N
Nastassja Kinski
Raphaela
P
Peter Falk
Peter Falk
S
Solveig Dommartin
Marion
H
Heinz Rühmann
Konrad
R
Rüdiger Vogler
Phillip Winter
Willem Dafoe
Emit Flesti
H
Horst Buchholz
Tony Baker
M
Martin Olbertz
The Dying Man
M
Monika Hansen
Hanna / Gertrud Becker
L
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
H
Hanns Zischler
Dr. Becker
G
Günter Meisner
Forger
R
Ronald Nitschke
Patzke
M
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
G
Gerd Wameling
Security Guard
M
Matthias Zelic
Salesman
U
Udo Samel
Security Guard
L
Lasse Lehmann
Teenager
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