Faraway, So Close! — In weiter Ferne, so nah! (1993)

Cast

Actor/-ess: Otto Sander (Cassiel); Bruno Ganz (Damiel); Nastassja Kinski (Raphaela); Martin Olbertz (Sterbender); Aline Krajewski (Raissa); Monika Hansen (Hanna); Peter Falk (himself); Rüdiger Vogler (Phillip Winter); Heinz Rühmann (Konrad); Michail Gorbatschow (himself); Tilmann Vierzig (Junger Konrad); Hanns Zischler (Dr. Becker); Horst Buchholz (Tony Baker); Solveig Dommartin (Marion); Willem Dafoe (Emit Flesti); Lou Reed (himself); Marijam Agischewa (Kirsten); Henri Alekan (Kapitän); Tom Farrell (Jack); Günter Meisner (Fälscher); Ronald Nitschke (Patzke); Camille Pontabry (Doria); Gerd Wameling (Sicherheitsbeamte); Matthias Zelic (Verkäufer); Antonia Westphal (Junge Hanna); Ingo Schmitz (Anton Becker); Sascha Wohlatz (Jugendlicher); Lasse Lehmann (Jugendlicher); Marcel Jelinski (Jugendlicher); Nils Schildhauer (Jugendlicher); Patrick Winz (Jugendlicher); Benjamin Winz (Jugendlicher); Frédéric Darie (Maurice); Jean-Marie Rase (Jules); Lajos Kovács (Lali); Bruno Krief (Paul); Armance Brown (Paula); Hugues Delforge (Les Elastonautes); Claude Poncelet (Les Elastonautes); Susanne Jansen (Frau in Galerie); Bob Rutman (Künstler); Yella Rottländer (Winters Engel); Alexander Hauff (Taxifahrer); Johanna Penski (Blumenfrau); Steffi Hiller (Passantin); Eberhard Knappe (Passant); Shefqet Namani (Hütchenspieler); Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann (Polizist); Natan Fedorowskij (Russe); Louis Cochet (Louis); Daniela Nasincová (Engel); Günter Kelm (Museumswächter); Heinz-Peter Graubaum (Museumswächter); Claude Lergenmüller (André); Melanie Pontabry (Melanie); Alfred Sczczot (Grumpy); Nadja Engel (Frau mit der Ohrfeige); Andrzej Pieczynski (Czomsky)

Direction

Director: Wim Wenders

Assistant director: Scott Kirby; Caroline Veyssière; Anton Rey; Dagmar Forelle

Writing

Screenplay: Wim Wenders; Ulrich Zieger; Richard Reitinger

Script supervisor: Katrin Mehlhop

Script editor: Daniel Ganz (Dramaturgische Beratung); Lothar Trolle (Dramaturgische Beratung)

Dialogue: Ulrich Zieger

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Jürgen Jürges

Assistant camera / focus puller: Jörg Widmer

Material assistant: Dieter Klucke (Video-Überwachung); Wolfgang Dinslage (Video-Ausspiegelung); Fritz Hannemann (Video-Installation)

2nd Camera unit: Judith Kaufmann; Martin Radwan (Assistenz); Benjamin Dernbecher (Assistenz); Ralf Leistl (Assistenz); Hagen Bogdanski (Assistenz)

Steadicam: Jörg Widmer

Optical effects: Uli Nefzer; Michael Luppino; Frank Schlegel (Matte Painting); Morten McAdams (Matte Painting); Hubert Von Seidlein (Matte Artist); Christoph Kunzmann (Matte Artist); Leigh Took (Matte Artist); Peter »Bibo« Tabbert (Computer-Animation)

Still photographer: Andreas Neubauer; Ronald Schwarz (Best Boy)

Lighting design: Jürgen Bosse; Jost Engelmayer

Key grip: Claus Gerling; Peter Kosel

Camera (other): Donata Schmidt (Clapper Loader); Mario Voss (Genny-Operator)

Decor

Production design: Albrecht Konrad; Andreas Olshausen; Gonda Hinrichs; Karsten Mailänder; David Doran

Set design: Martin Schreiber; Angelika Schubert (Assistenz)

Property master: Michael Fechner; Andreas Schürmeyer (Assistenz)

Stand-by props: Pedro Kothe; Candy Birkemeyer (Assistenz)

Storyboard: Angelika Margull

Costume design: Esther Walz; Gabriele Binder (Assistenz)

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Peter Przygodda

Assistant editor: Anne Schnee; Leni Savietto-Pütz

Sound editor: Barbara von Weitershausen; Angela Busskamp (Assistenz); Eva Claudius (Dialogschnitt); Darrell Hanzalik (Sprach-Synchronschnitt); Claudia Fröhlich (Berlin); Veronika Manchot (Assistenz)

Sound: Gunther Kortwich

Sound assistant: Andreas Walther; Hanno Hackfort; Hubert Henle (Dolby Stereo Consultant)

Audio mixing: Gareth Jones (Musikmischtonmeister); Michael Kranz

Sound (other): Evelyn Schmidt (Ton-Effekte); Matthias Lempert (Ton-Effekte); Klaus Bölitz (Toningenieur); Marco Birkner (Toningenieur-Assistenz)

Music

Music: Laurent Petitgand; Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (»Faraway, So Close«, »Cassiel's Song«); U2 (»Stay (Faraway, So Close)«, »The Wanderer«); Lou Reed (»Why Can't I Be Good«); Simon Bonney (»Travelin' On«, »All God's Children«); Laurie Anderson (»Tightrope«, »Speak My Language«); The House Of Love (»The House Of Love«); Jane Siberry (»Slow Tango«); Johnny Cash (»The Wanderer«); Herbert Grönemeyer (»Chaos«)

Singer: Irene Maas (Sopran)

Solist: David Darling (Solo Cello)

Production

Producer: Wim Wenders

Executive Producer: Ulrich Felsberg

Line producer: Michael Schwarz

Unit production manager: Claudia Bade

Location manager: Karsten Brünig; Ralph Remstedt; Detlef Wittenberg (Assistenz); Maximilian Vogt (Praktikant); Mehmet Ali Ceyhanli (Volontär)

Production coordination: Catherine Coste

Production assistant: Uwe Kossmann; Jolanda Darbyshire

Production manager: Steffi Hiller

Payroll services: Paul Meyer-Gerlt

Companies

Production company: Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH