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form y separately published work icon Until the End of the World single work   film/TV   science fiction  
Alternative title: Bis ans Ende der Welt
Note: Based on an original idea by Wim Wenders and Solveig Dommartin.
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Until the End of the World
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Film Details - Argos Films ; Road Movies Produktion ; Village Roadshow , 1991

Producers:

Ulrich Felsberg and Jonathan T. Taplin.

Production Companies:

Argos Films, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Village Roadshow Pictures, and Warner Bros. Pictures.

Director of Photography:

Robby Müller.

Editors:

Peter Przygodda.

Production Designers:

Sally Campbell and Thierry Flamand.

Music:

Graeme Revell.

Cast:

Solveig Dommartin (Claire Tourneur), Pietro Falcone (Mario), Enzo Turrin (Doctor), Chick Ortega (Chico Remy), Eddy Mitchell (Raymond Monnet), William Hurt (Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee), Adelle Lutz (Makiko), Ernie Dingo (Burt), David Gulpilil (David), Jimmy Little (Peter), Jean-Charles Dumay (Mechanic), Sam Neill (Eugene Fitzpatrick), Ernest Berk (Anton Farber), Christine Osterlein (Irina Farber), Rüdiger Vogler (Philip Winter), Diogo Dória (Receptionist), David Byrne (Himself in music video: uncredited), Tom Waits (Himself/Singer in bar: uncredited), Max von Sydow (Henry Farber), and Jeanne Moreau (Edith Farber).

Release Dates:

29 October 1992 (Australia)

Awards:

  • Guild Film Award (Gold), Guild of German Art House Cinemas, 1992.

Notes:

The film's length varies between countries, generally being between 158 and 179 minutes. The director's cut, however, is 280 minutes (which is still considerably shorter than the eight-hour original version).

Subjects:
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
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    Russia,
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    Former Soviet Union,
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    Eastern Europe, Europe,
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    France,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Germany,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Italy,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Australia,
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    China,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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    Japan,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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