far away, so Close!

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Movie
Original title far away, so Close!
Country of production Germany
original language German , English , French , Russian , Italian
Publishing year 1993
length 144 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Wim Wenders
script Wim Wenders, Richard Reitinger ,
Ulrich Zieger
production Wim Wenders,
Ulrich Felsberg
music Laurent Petitgand ,
Walter Frandjie
camera Jürgen Juerges
cut Peter Przygodda
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The sky over Berlin

far away, so Close! is a German feature film from 1993 directed by Wim Wenders . The film is the continuation of the film Der Himmel über Berlin .

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The angel Cassiel is sad that he as an Immortal , the people can only comfort them about their concerns, rather than active in her fate to intervene, without becoming a man. This happened to his friend Damiel, so that he had to let him go on his own way. Cassiel wanders around, letting time pass before the Berlin Wall falls. He saves a girl, little Raissa, who has lost her balance and falls from the balcony, and then, without his wishing or wanting it, also becomes a person.

Cassiel is now walking through the streets of Berlin and observing the people. He is depressed by the loveless hustle and bustle of the people, but then he meets his old friend Damiel, who has meanwhile become a cheerful pizza maker , and his wife, the tightrope acrobat Marion, who wants to inspire confidence in the seemingly superfluous Cassiel and help him To live on earth as a person. But Cassiel senses his helplessness and feels superfluous. He is followed at every turn by Emit Flesti (an ananym that reads backwards: “Time Itself” in German: time itself ), a cynical figure who embodies the passing of his life. Cassiel becomes homeless ; he is a fallen angel.

However, a new chapter in life soon begins for Cassiel: He saves the businessman Tony Baker from the mafia who wanted to carry out an attack on him. In gratitude, Tony Baker makes Cassiel his partner. But soon Cassiel comes across Tony's dark past : National Socialism , pornography and filthy arms deals . He is deeply disappointed, but does not fall into a hole, but plans some nifty action to put Tony down.

Together with his friends, Damiel, Peter Falk, Marion and their artists, he plans to destroy Tony's secret underground warehouse under Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. The gloomy Emit Flesti also supports Cassiel in this, as he knows that his clock is almost up. The project succeeds, but a little later Cassiel is killed. Flesti had previously stated that his mission was to make Cassiel understand that he is not one of the people. While his friends are still mourning him, Damiel senses that Cassiel continues to exist and is with him.

Reviews

The lexicon of international film ruled that the film “impressed with its excellent camera work and actors”. "Less successful" is the "fragmentary criminalistic framework ", but " the message of the film, its warmth and many touching moments make up for these deficits."

Awards

Others

  • After a ten-year break, the German film legend Heinz Rühmann appeared in front of the camera for the last time in a film at the age of 91.
  • Cassiel's opponent in the film, Emit Flesti (Willem Dafoe), reads backwards is called Time Itself. The scene in the engine room of the boat lift goes back to this, in which Emit pauses time to allow Cassiel to return to heaven.
  • U2 contributed the song Stay (Far Away, So Close!) For the soundtrack , which is originally included on their CD Zooropa . In the video clip Stay , sequences from both Der Himmel über Berlin and In weit Ferne, so nah! taken over, band members represent the invisible angels in this one.
  • During the end credits , the track Cassiel's Song by Nick Cave , who also played the song Faraway, so close! contributed.
  • The cargo ship in the final scene is named Alekahn, a reminiscence of Henri Alekan , who was responsible for the camera work in the sky over Berlin .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for In Far Far, So Close! Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2013 (PDF; test number: 70 103 V).
  2. ↑ Far away, so close! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used