Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

128 mins | Drama, Romance, Fantasy | May 17, 1987

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.

Wings of Desire

128 mins | Drama, Romance, Fantasy | May 17, 1987

Wings of Desire
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Argos Films, Wim Wenders Stiftung
Original title Der Himmel über Berlin
Directors Knut Winkler, Carola Hochgräf, Gabriele Mattner, Claire Denis, Wim Wenders
Writers Bernard Eisenschitz, Richard Reitinger, Peter Handke, Wim Wenders

Cast

Bruno Ganz

as Damiel

Solveig Dommartin

as Marion

Otto Sander

as Cassiel

Curt Bois

as Homer

Peter Falk

as The Filmstar

Hans Martin Stier

as The Dying Man

Elmar Wilms

as A Sad Man

Sigurd Rachman

as The Suicide

Beatrice Manowski

as Young Prostitute

Lajos Kovács

as Marion's Coach

Bruno Rosaz

as The Clown

Laurent Petitgand

as The Bandleader

Chick Ortega

as The Drummer

Otto Kuhnle

as The Juggler

Christoph Merg

as The Juggler

Peter Werner

as The Manager

Teresa Harder

as In the Library - The Angel

Jürgen Heinrich

as In the Old Apartments

Annelinde Gerstl

as On the Highway

Mick Harvey

as Crime and The City Solution / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave

as Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Blixa Bargeld

as Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Susanne Vierkötter

as In the Circus

Paul Busch

as In the Circus

Karin Busch

as In the Circus

Irene Moessinger

as In the Circus

Franky

as In the Circus - Last But Not Least

Daniela Nasimcova

as In the Library - The Angel

Bernard Eisenschitz

as In the Library - The Angel

Didier Flamand

as In the Library - The Angel

Rolf Henke

as In the Library - The Angel

Scott Kirby

as In the Library - The Angel

Franck Glemin

as In the Library - The Angel

Jerry Barrish

as In the Bunker - The Director

Jeanette Pollak

as In the Bunker - The Costume Designer

Christian Bartels

as In the Bunker - The 'Hitler Youth'

David Crome

as In the Bunker - The Assistant Director

Käthe Fürstenwerth

as In the Bunker

Werner Schönrock

as In the Bunker

Bernd Ramien

as In the Bunker

Erika Rabau

as In the Bunker

Sultan Meral

as In the Bunker

Olivier Picot

as In the Bunker

Jochen Gliscinsky

as In the Bunker

Erich Schupke

as In the Bunker

Margarete Hafner

as In the Old Apartments

Oliver Herder

as In the Old Apartments

Margitta Haberland

as In the Old Apartments

Ralf Strathmann

as In the Old Apartments

Walter Ratayszak

as In the Old Apartments

Charlotte Oberberg

as In the Old Apartments

Lubinka Kostic

as In the Old Apartments

Gisela Westerboer

as On the Highway

Andreas Valentin

as On the Highway

Wolf-Dirk Vogeley

as On the Highway

Ruth Rischke

as On the Highway

Familie Ayik

as On the Highway

Simon Bonney

as Crime and The City Solution

Harry Howard

as Crime and The City Solution

Rowland S. Howard

as Crime and The City Solution

Thomas Wydler

as Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Roland Wolf

as Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Denis Rodriguez

as With the Children

Dieta von Aster

as With the Children

Gustav Geisler

as With the Children

Paul Geisler

as With the Children

Lorenz Geisler

as With the Children

Slađana Kostić

as With the Children

Benedikt Schumann

as With the Children

Nicolas Roth

as With the Children

Marcus Stenzel

as With the Children

Benjamin Ferchow

as With the Children

Mario Meyer

as With the Children

Mark Leuschner

as With the Children

Tibor Dahlenburg

as With the Children

Lia Harder

as With the Children

Mascha Noak

as With the Children

Vera Butzek

as With the Children

Donald Behrendt

as With the Children

Louis Cochet

as Circus Spotlight Operator (uncredited)

Lina Otto

as Girl in the Club (uncredited)

Johanna Penski

as Flower Seller (uncredited)