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Faraway, So Close!

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1993-09-01

Runtime: 146 mins

Director: Wim Wenders

Spoken language: Pусский, Deutsch, Italiano, Français, English

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Original title: Faraway, So Close!

Production Companies: Tobis, Road Movies

Production Countries: Germany

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