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) |
| Writing | Richard Reitinger | Screenplay |
| Production | Ulrich Felsberg | Producer |
| Writing | Wim Wenders | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ulrich Zieger | Screenplay |
| Sound | Laurent Petitgand | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Graeme Revell | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Production | Wim Wenders | Producer |
| Directing | Wim Wenders | Director |
| Editing | Peter Przygodda | Editor |
| Art | Martin Schreiber | Art Direction |
| Art | Albrecht Konrad | Production Design |
| Production | Michael Schwarz | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Atar | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeanette-Nicole Latzelsberger | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Esther Walz | Costume Design |
| Production | Udo Heiland | Production Manager |
| Sound | Bernd Schmidl | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Jürgen Bosse | Gaffer |
| Camera | Claus Gerling | Dolly Grip |
| Production | Günter Fenner | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Scott Kirby | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Andreas Olshausen | Construction Coordinator |
| Production | Karsten Brünig | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Andreas Walther | Boom Operator |
| Visual Effects | Frank Schlegel | Visual Effects |
| Crew | François Doge | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Caroline Veyssière | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Michael Luppino | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Stefan Breitel | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Tommy Goodwin | ADR Mixer |
| Camera | Jörg Widmer | First Assistant Camera |
| Art | Michael Fechner | Property Master |
| Art | Martin Schreiber | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Matthias Lempert | Sound Effects |
| Visual Effects | Morten McAdams | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Morten McAdams | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Hans-Walter Kramski | Sound Effects |
| Visual Effects | Hubert von Seidlein | Matte Painter |
| Crew | Clemans Bail | Stunts |
| Camera | Hagen Bogdanski | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Elmar Theissen | Construction Foreman |
| Crew | Hardy Martins | Stunts |
| Crew | Denis Wyss | Stunts |
| Crew | Wolfgang Osterholzer | Carpenter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hasso von Hugo | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Anyon Rey | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Gerd Nefzer | Special Effects |
| Crew | Jean-Claude Houbart | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valeska Schitthelm | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Uli Nefzer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Benjamin Dernbecher | Second Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Axel Zornow | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Michael Kranz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Alessandro Emilio La Rocca | Sculptor |
| Art | Klaus Rudat | Construction Foreman |
| Lighting | Jost Engelmayer | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Paul Freuer | Electrician |
| Camera | Andreas Neubauer | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Marco Teuchert | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Martin Fischer | Electrician |
| Camera | Jörg Widmer | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Martina Radwan | Second Assistant Camera |
| Production | Kaspar Falkenroth | Production Driver |
| Sound | Jane Siberry | Musician |
| Camera | Ralf Leistl | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Klaus Bölitz | Sound Engineer |
| Writing | Daniel Ganz | Script Editor |
| Crew | Karl Nefzer | Weapons Wrangler |
| Production | Paul Meyer-Gerlt | Assistant Accountant |
| Writing | Lothar Trolle | Script Editor |
| Art | Peter Bartoschek | Title Designer |
| Art | Waltraud Bartoschek | Title Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriele Binder | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Irene Maas | Musician |
| Production | Jolanda Darbyshire | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Directing | Katrin Mehlhop | Continuity |
| Production | Kerstin Baldini | Production Driver |
| Production | Volker Schulze zur Wiesche | Production Driver |
| Crew | Anton Klima | Aerial Coordinator |
| Crew | Gerd Nefzer | Weapons Wrangler |
| Crew | Alfred Sczczot | Thanks |
| Visual Effects | Peter Tabbert | Animation |
| Sound | David Darling | Musician |
| Crew | Heinz-Dieter Bonsmann | Thanks |
| Production | Steffi Hiller | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Curt Bois | In Memory Of |
| Sound | Gunther Kortwich | Sound |