Directed by:
Wim WendersCinematography:
Henri AlekanComposer:
Jürgen KnieperCast:
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Hans-Martin Stier, Laurent Petitgand, Paul Busch, Didier Flamand, Jürgen Heinrich, Nick Cave (more)VOD (3)
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Damiel (Bruno Ganz at his best) is one of a legion of angels who watches over the lives of residents in a divided city. Set towards the end of the 1980s, before the Berlin Wall came down, the film charts Damiel’s desire to feel, just as the subjects he watches over do. In particular, he is enraptured by Solveig Dommartin’s Marion, an acrobat in a circus. Although it is only children who can see the angels, Marion is faintly aware of Damiel’s presence. As is Peter Falk’s actor, filming on location in the city, who has a past that links him with the otherworldly guardians. (Curzon Film World)
(more)Cast
Bruno Ganz
Switzerland
Best movies:
In the White City (1983)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Solveig Dommartin
France
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
I Can't Sleep (1994)
Otto Sander
German Empire
Best movies:
The Boat (1981)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Curt Bois
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Oyster Princess (1919)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Peter Falk
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Hans-Martin Stier
West Germany
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Laurent Petitgand
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Paul Busch
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Didier Flamand
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Chorus (2004)
Jürgen Heinrich
Best movies:
Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Nick Cave
Australia
Best movies:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Videos (1998) (video compilation)
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace (2020) (concert)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Blixa Bargeld
Best movies:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Videos (1998) (video compilation)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Mummy (1999)
Lajos Kovács
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Paths of Light (2005)
Wings of Desire (1987)
6:3 (1999)
Teresa Harder
West Germany
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Wave (2008)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Sigurd Rachman
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Westler (1985)
Annelinde Gerstl
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Ein Sommer in Amalfi (2013) (TV movie)
Thierry Noir
France
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Bernard Eisenschitz
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Out 1 (1971)
Favorites of the Moon (1984)
Johanna Penski
Poland
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
Erika Rabau
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Until the End of the World (1991)