Faraway, So Close!
“Your favorite Angels are back!”
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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Part of Damiel and Cassiel Collection
2 films
Cast
60 people
Otto Sander
Cassiel
Known for
Das Boot
Les Misérables
Bruno Ganz
Damiel
Known for
Downfall
The House That Jack Built
Nastassja Kinski
Raphaela
Known for
Paris, Texas
Castlevania: Nocturne
Peter Falk
Peter Falk
Known for
Columbo
The Princess Bride
Solveig Dommartin
Marion
Known for
Until the End of the World
Heinz Rühmann
Konrad
Known for
The Punch Bowl
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Rüdiger Vogler
Phillip Winter
Known for
Alice in the Cities
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Willem Dafoe
Emit Flesti
Known for
Spider-Man
Aquaman
Horst Buchholz
Tony Baker
Known for
Life Is Beautiful
One, Two, Three
Martin Olbertz
The Dying Man
Known for
Berlin Blues
Monika Hansen
Hanna / Gertrud Becker
Known for
Killer Condom
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Known for
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Rock & Rule
Wim Wenders Director · Richard Reitinger Screenplay Ulrich Zieger Screenplay
Worldwide gross $810K · United States release December 21, 1993 · Produced in Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$810,455
Production
Tobis
Production
Road Movies
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Production
Road Movies Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
In weiter Ferne, so nah!
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian · Russian
Release dates
France · May 18, 1993
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Germany · September 9, 1993
Theatrical
United States · December 21, 1993
Theatrical
Brazil
September 12, 2000 · Physical · DVD
Czechia
March 31, 1995 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs and art cinemas only
France
September 1, 1993 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 5, 1994 · Theatrical
Russia
April 30, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
September 1, 1993 · Limited theatrical
December 25, 1994 · Theatrical
Thailand
October 9, 2025 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival
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