Overview

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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Awards
Won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix (1993)
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Box office
Grossed $810K worldwide
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Filming locations
Filmed in Berlin
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Sequels
Follows Wings of Desire
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Collection
Part of Damiel and Cassiel Collection
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Music
Music by Laurent Petitgand
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jürgen Jürges
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Details

Director: Wim Wenders
Writers: Richard ReitingerScreenplay
Wim WendersScreenplay
Ulrich ZiegerScreenplay
Original title: In weiter Ferne, so nah!
Status: Released
Release date: September 1, 1993
Original language: German
Revenue: $810.5K
Countries: Germany
Collection: Damiel and Cassiel Collection

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