Faraway, So Close!

1993 film by Wim Wenders

Movie film Q657477

Facts

28 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix^[1]
Director: Wim Wenders^[2]
Genre: fantasy film, drama film^[7]^[8]
Publication date: 1993, September 9, 1993^[38]^[39]
Follows: Wings of Desire^[9]
Screenwriter: Wim Wenders, Richard Reitinger, Ulrich Zieger^[3]^[4]^[5]
Producer: Wim Wenders^[24]
Duration: +144^[47]
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Cast member: Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Nastassja Kinski, Rüdiger Vogler, Horst Buchholz, Heinz Rühmann, Willem Dafoe, Peter Falk, Mikhail Gorbachev, Monika Hansen, Hanns Zischler, Solveig Dommartin, Lou Reed, Lajos Kovács, Günter Meisner, Henri Alekan, Bob Rutman, Yella Rottländer, Alexander Hauff, Andrzej Pieczyński, Ronald Nitschke, Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann, Nadja Engel, Udo Samel, Gerd Wameling, Johanna Penski, Marijam Agischewa^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Color: color^[36]
Composer: Laurent Petitgand^[6]
Country of origin: Germany^[37]
Depicts: angel^[25]
Director of photography: Jürgen Jürges^[26]
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics, Netflix^[40]^[41]
Distribution format: video on demand^[33]
FSK film rating: FSK 6^[46]
Film editor: Peter Przygodda^[44]
Filming location: Berlin^[43]
IGAC rating: M/12
Narrative location: Berlin^[42]
Original language of film or TV show: German, French, English, Italian, Russian, Spanish^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]

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P14449: 3920
P14821: 107209
Review score: 5.8/10, 54%^[34]^[35]
Title: In weiter Ferne, so nah!^[45]

🏷️ Also known as

en Faraway, So Close! ar بعيد، كم قريب ! cs In weiter Ferne, so nah cs Tak daleko, tak blízko! da Så fjern, så nær! de In weiter Ferne, so nah! de In weiter Ferne, so nah es ¡Tan lejos tan cerca! es ¡Tan lejos, tan cerca! fa خیلی دور، خیلی نزدیک fi Niin kaukana, niin lähellä fr Far away, so close! fr In weiter Ferne, so nah! fr Si loin, si proche fr Si loin, si proche ! he כה רחוק, כה קרוב hu Távol és mégis közel it Così lontano così vicino it Così lontano, così vicino! ja 時の翼にのって/ファラウェイ・ソー・クロース!

🔖 Identifiers · 61

ACMI ID: works/94435
AllMovie title ID: v148268
Allcinema film ID: 15813
AlloCiné film ID: 99673
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.410omafdb14raidqe383l2gwf
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): farawaysoclose
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 708302
CineMagia title ID: 3816
Cinema.de ID: 1317778
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 5274
DNF film ID: 9820
Decine21 film ID: 6550

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Douban film ID: 1292863
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 41942, 41944
EDb film ID: t0005616
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/F777-A1BE-51E8-DA4C-154A-O
ElFilm film ID: 106773
Elonet movie ID: 201774
Exploitation mark number: 82032
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/in-weiter-ferne-so-nah
FilmAffinity film ID: 301023
FilmVandaag ID: film/12758
Filmfront film ID (archived): 33465
Filmová databáze film ID: 17023
Filmportal ID: d1b9e04ad8ac463ea5b8fbaff01fb4ca
Filmweb.pl film ID: 10024
Freebase ID: /m/090sqy
IMDb ID: tt0107209
ISAN: 0000-0000-F4FF-0000-9-0000-0000-A
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film/cosilontanocosivicino
KINENOTE film ID: 16646
Kinobox film ID: 258052
Kinopoisk film ID: 1617
LUMIERE film ID: 1741
LdiF ID: 52366
Letterboxd film ID: faraway-so-close
MUBI film ID: 23718
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 6508
Mediafilm ID: mf-tt-4869343140
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv16491
MovieMeter film ID: 3738
Moviepilot.de film ID: in-weiter-ferne-so-nah
Médiathèque Numérique CVS ID: 3739030
NFSA title ID: 798372
Netflix ID: 60002196
OFDb film ID: 7726
OMDb film ID: 10434
PORT film ID: 2422
Plex media key: 5d776d177a53e9001e750d54
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/faraway-so-close
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 13920
Scope.dk film ID: 3960
Swedish Film Database ID: 19797
TCM Movie Database film ID: 74568
TMDB movie ID: 10434
The Numbers movie ID: In-weiter-Ferne-so-nah
TheTVDB movie ID: 13387
Trakt.tv ID: movies/faraway-so-close-1993
Trakt.tv film ID: 5626
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058515908506706
ČSFD film ID: 11919

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 20

Mikhail Gorbachev, Willem Dafoe, Lou Reed, Nastassja Kinski, Peter Falk, Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Heinz Rühmann +12 more

Original language of film or TV show 6

English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Italian

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Sony Pictures Classics

Genre 2

drama film, fantasy film

Award received 1

Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix

Composer 1

Laurent Petitgand

Country of origin 1

Germany

Created notable works 1

Wim Wenders

Depicts 1

angel

Director 1

Wim Wenders

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Peter Przygodda

Filming location 1

Berlin

Follows 1

Wings of Desire

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

Berlin

Preceded by (successor) 1

Wings of Desire

Producer 1

Wim Wenders

Screenwriter 1

Wim Wenders

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What awards did Faraway, So Close! receive?

Honors received include Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — director (P57): Wim Wenders. filmportal.de. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — screenwriter (P58): Wim Wenders. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — screenwriter (P58): Richard Reitinger. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — screenwriter (P58): Ulrich Zieger. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — composer (P86): Laurent Petitgand. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — genre (P136): fantasy film. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — genre (P136): drama film. Retrieved 2019-05-27. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — follows (P155): Wings of Desire. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Otto Sander. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Bruno Ganz. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Nastassja Kinski. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Rüdiger Vogler. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Horst Buchholz. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Heinz Rühmann. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Willem Dafoe. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Peter Falk. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Mikhail Gorbachev. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Monika Hansen. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Hanns Zischler. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Solveig Dommartin. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Lou Reed. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — cast member (P161): Lajos Kovács. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — producer (P162): Wim Wenders. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — award received (P166): Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — depicts (P180): angel. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — director of photography (P344): Jürgen Jürges. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — original language of film or TV show (P364): German. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — original language of film or TV show (P364): French. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — original language of film or TV show (P364): Italian. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — original language of film or TV show (P364): Russian. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — original language of film or TV show (P364): Spanish. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — review score (P444): 5.8/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — review score (P444): 54%. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — country of origin (P495): Germany. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — publication date (P577): 1993. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — publication date (P577): September 9, 1993. Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — distributed by (P750): Sony Pictures Classics. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — narrative location (P840): Berlin. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — filming location (P915): Berlin. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — film editor (P1040): Peter Przygodda. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — title (P1476): In weiter Ferne, so nah!. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 6. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Faraway, So Close! — duration (P2047): 144 minutes. wikidata.org.

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