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Faraway, So Close!

Movie·1993·Drama, Fantasy, Romance·2h 27m·6.9 (180)·Directed by Wim Wenders

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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.

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Otto SanderOtto SanderCassielBruno GanzBruno GanzDamielNastassja KinskiNastassja KinskiRaphaelaPeter FalkPeter FalkPeter FalkSolveig DommartinSolveig DommartinMarionHeinz RühmannHeinz RühmannKonradRüdiger VoglerRüdiger VoglerPhillip WinterWillem DafoeWillem DafoeEmit Flesti

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