

Faraway, So Close!
2 hours 26 minutes1993-09-01
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Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissatisfied with his destiny as a mere observer of human life and finally decides to take the great leap. As Karl Engel he soon gets into a dubious milieu and finds himself as the assistant of the German American Baker, who makes his money with shady arms deals and sends films east in exchange for weapons. Cassiel’s adventure turns into a “thriller” when he decides to put a stop to Baker’s game.
Cast

Otto Sander
Cassiel

Bruno Ganz
Damiel

Nastassja Kinski
Raphaela

Peter Falk
Peter Falk

Solveig Dommartin
Marion

Heinz Rühmann
Konrad

Rüdiger Vogler
Phillip Winter

Willem Dafoe
Emit Flesti

Horst Buchholz
Tony Baker

Martin Olbertz
The Dying Man

Monika Hansen
Hanna / Gertrud Becker

Lou Reed
Lou Reed

Hanns Zischler
Dr. Becker

Günter Meisner
Forger

Ronald Nitschke
Patzke

Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev

Gerd Wameling
Security Guard

Matthias Zelic
Salesman

Udo Samel
Security Guard

Aline Krajewski
Raissa

Tilmann Vierzig
Young Konrad

Antonia Westphal
Young Hanna

Ingo Schmitz
Anton Becker

Sascha Wohlatz
Teenager

Lasse Lehmann
Teenager

Marcel Jelinski
Teenager

Nils Schildhauer
Teenager

Patrick Winz
Teenager

Benjamin Winz
Teenager

Camilla Pontabry
Doria

Frédéric Darié
Maurice

Jean-Marie Rase
Jules

Lajos Kovács
Lali

Bruno Krief
Paul

Armance Brown
Paula

Henri Alekan
Captain

Hugues Delforge
Les Elastonautes

Claude Poncelet
Les Elastonautes

Susanne Jansen
Woman in the Gallery

Bob Rutman
Artist

Yella Rottländer
Winter's Angel

Alexander Hauff
Taxi Driver

Andrzej Pieczyński
Czomsky

Natan Fyodorovsky
Russian

Louis Cochet
Louis

Johanna Penski
Flower Woman

Steffi Hiller
Passerby

Eberhard Knappe
Passerby

Shefqet Namani
Shell Player

Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
Police Officer

Nadja Engel
Woman Slapped in the Face

Daniela Nasimcova
Angel

Gunter Kelm
Museum Attendant

Heinz-Peter Graubaum
Museum Attendant

Claude Lergenmüller
Andre

Melanie Pontabry
Melanie

Alfred Sczczot
Grumpy

Esam Tolba
Fourth Gambler

Tom Farrell
Patient in Coma (uncredited)
