In weiter Ferne, so nah! (1993)
Engel Cassiel hat die Lust am himmlischen Dasein verloren. Tagaus, tagein beobachtet er die Menschen und ist dazu verurteilt, das Leben immer nur als Zeuge und als Teilnehmer zu erleben. Schließlich wechselt Cassiel die Seite und wird zum Menschen. Doch seine menschliche Existenz ist nicht vom Glück verfolgt, und Cassiel wird in seiner Not Assistent eines Gangsters. Als er aber erkennt, mit welchen Mitteln sein vermeintlicher Freund Geschäfte macht, entschließt er sich zum Eingreifen.
Der Regisseur:
Wim Wenders
Die Autor:
Richard Reitinger, Wim Wenders, Ulrich Zieger.
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Otto Sander as Cassiel |
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Bruno Ganz as Damiel |
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Nastassja Kinski as Raphaela |
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Peter Falk as Peter Falk |
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Solveig Dommartin as Marion |
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Heinz Rühmann as Konrad |
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Rüdiger Vogler as Phillip Winter |
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Willem Dafoe as Emit Flesti |
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Horst Buchholz as Tony Baker |
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Martin Olbertz as The Dying Man |
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Monika Hansen as Hanna / Gertrud Becker |
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Lou Reed as Lou Reed |
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Hanns Zischler as Dr. Becker |
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Günter Meisner as Forger |
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Ronald Nitschke as Patzke |
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Michail Gorbatschow as Mikhail Gorbachev |
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Gerd Wameling as Security Guard |
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Matthias Zelic as Salesman |
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Udo Samel as Security Guard |
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Aline Krajewski as Raissa |
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Tilmann Vierzig as Young Konrad |
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Antonia Westphal as Young Hanna |
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Ingo Schmitz as Anton Becker |
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Sascha Wohlatz as Teenager |
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Lasse Lehmann as Teenager |
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Marcel Jelinski as Teenager |
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Nils Schildhauer as Teenager |
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Patrick Winz as Teenager |
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Benjamin Winz as Teenager |
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Camilla Pontabry as Doria |
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Frédéric Darié as Maurice |
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Jean-Marie Rase as Jules |
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Kovács Lajos as Lali |
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Bruno Krief as Paul |
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Armance Brown as Paula |
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Henri Alekan as Captain |
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Hugues Delforge as Les Elastonautes |
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Claude Poncelet as Les Elastonautes |
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Susanne Jansen as Woman in the Gallery |
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Bob Rutman as Artist |
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Yella Rottländer as Winter's Angel |
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Alexander Hauff as Taxi Driver |
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Andrzej Pieczyński as Czomsky |
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Natan Fyodorovsky as Russian |
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Louis Cochet as Louis |
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Johanna Penski as Flower Woman |
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Steffi Hiller as Passerby |
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Eberhard Knappe as Passerby |
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Shefqet Namani as Shell Player |
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Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann as Police Officer |
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Nadja Engel as Woman Slapped in the Face |
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Daniela Nasimcova as Angel |
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Gunter Kelm as Museum Attendant |
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Heinz-Peter Graubaum as Museum Attendant |
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Claude Lergenmüller as Andre |
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Melanie Pontabry as Melanie |
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Alfred Sczczot as Grumpy |
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Esam Tolba as Fourth Gambler |
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Tom Farrell as Patient in Coma (uncredited) |
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Kora Kirby as Young Girl (uncredited) |
| Directing | Wim Wenders | Director |
| Writing | Richard Reitinger | Screenplay |
| Writing | Wim Wenders | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ulrich Zieger | Screenplay |
| Production | Ulrich Felsberg | Producer |
| Production | Wim Wenders | Producer |
| Sound | Laurent Petitgand | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Graeme Revell | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peter Przygodda | Editor |
| Production | Michael Schwarz | Line Producer |
| Art | Albrecht Konrad | Production Design |
| Art | Martin Schreiber | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Esther Walz | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Atar | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeanette-Nicole Latzelsberger | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valeska Schitthelm | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hasso von Hugo | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Axel Zornow | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Karsten Brünig | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Günter Fenner | Unit Manager |
| Production | Udo Heiland | Production Manager |
| Directing | Scott Kirby | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anyon Rey | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Caroline Veyssière | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Michael Fechner | Property Master |
| Art | Alessandro Emilio La Rocca | Sculptor |
| Art | Andreas Olshausen | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Wolfgang Osterholzer | Carpenter |
| Art | Martin Schreiber | Set Dresser |
| Art | Klaus Rudat | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Elmar Theissen | Construction Foreman |
| Sound | Tommy Goodwin | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Hans-Walter Kramski | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Michael Kranz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Matthias Lempert | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Bernd Schmidl | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Andreas Walther | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Michael Luppino | Special Effects |
| Crew | Gerd Nefzer | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Uli Nefzer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Morten McAdams | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Morten McAdams | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Frank Schlegel | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Hubert von Seidlein | Matte Painter |
| Crew | Clemans Bail | Stunts |
| Crew | François Doge | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Jean-Claude Houbart | Stunts |
| Crew | Hardy Martins | Stunts |
| Crew | Denis Wyss | Stunts |
| Lighting | Jürgen Bosse | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Stefan Breitel | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Benjamin Dernbecher | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Hagen Bogdanski | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Jost Engelmayer | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Martin Fischer | Electrician |
| Lighting | Paul Freuer | Electrician |
| Camera | Claus Gerling | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Ralf Leistl | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Andreas Neubauer | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Martina Radwan | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Marco Teuchert | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Jörg Widmer | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Jörg Widmer | First Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Peter Tabbert | Animation |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriele Binder | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Klaus Bölitz | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | David Darling | Musician |
| Sound | Irene Maas | Musician |
| Sound | Jane Siberry | Musician |
| Writing | Daniel Ganz | Script Editor |
| Directing | Katrin Mehlhop | Continuity |
| Writing | Lothar Trolle | Script Editor |
| Production | Kerstin Baldini | Production Driver |
| Production | Kaspar Falkenroth | Production Driver |
| Production | Volker Schulze zur Wiesche | Production Driver |
| Art | Peter Bartoschek | Title Designer |
| Art | Waltraud Bartoschek | Title Designer |
| Production | Jolanda Darbyshire | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Steffi Hiller | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Anton Klima | Aerial Coordinator |
| Production | Paul Meyer-Gerlt | Assistant Accountant |
| Crew | Gerd Nefzer | Weapons Wrangler |
| Crew | Karl Nefzer | Weapons Wrangler |
| Crew | Curt Bois | In Memory Of |
| Crew | Heinz-Dieter Bonsmann | Thanks |
| Crew | Alfred Sczczot | Thanks |
| Sound | Gunther Kortwich | Sound |