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Where was Faraway, So Close! filmed?

1993 film, directed by Wim Wenders.

  • Berlin

The story is set in Berlin, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Berlin
Filmed in
Berlin

About Faraway, So Close!

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Released
1993
Director
Wim Wenders
Cast
Otto SanderBruno GanzNastassja KinskiRüdiger VoglerHorst BuchholzHeinz RühmannWillem DafoePeter FalkMikhail GorbachevMonika Hansen
Genre
FantasyDrama
Awards
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix

The story

Cassiel and Raphaella, two angels, observe the busy life of reunited Berlin.

Cassiel follows Raissa Becker, an 11-year-old girl who lives in the former East Berlin.

Visiting Raissa, he finds her alone at her flat and leaning over the balcony railing.

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