Wings of Desire
September 23, 1987
Overview
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...More
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.
Cast and crew
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Wim Wenders
Director
Bruno Ganz
Damiel
Solveig Dommartin
Marion
Otto Sander
Cassiel
Curt Bois
Homer
Peter Falk
The Filmstar
Hans Martin Stier
The Dying Man
EW
Elmar Wilms
A Sad Man
SR
Sigurd Rachman
The Suicide
Beatrice Manowski
Young Prostitute
LK
Lajos Kovács
Marion's Coach
BR
Bruno Rosaz
The Clown
LP
Laurent Petitgand
The Bandleader
Chick Ortega
The Drummer
OK
Otto Kuhnle
The Juggler
CM
Christoph Merg
The Juggler
PW
Peter Werner
The Manager
Teresa Harder
In the Library - The Angel
Jürgen Heinrich
In the Old Apartments
Annelinde Gerstl
On the Highway
Mick Harvey
Crime and The City Solution
Nick Cave
Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Blixa Bargeld
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
SV
Susanne Vierkötter
In the Circus
PB
Paul Busch
In the Circus
KB
Karin Busch
In the Circus
IM
Irene Moessinger
In the Circus
F
Franky
In the Circus - Last But Not Least
DN
Daniela Nasimcova
In the Library - The Angel
BE
Bernard Eisenschitz
In the Library - The Angel
Didier Flamand
In the Library - The Angel
RH
Rolf Henke
In the Library - The Angel
SK
Scott Kirby
In the Library - The Angel
FG
Franck Glemin
In the Library - The Angel
JRB
Jerry Ross Barrish
In the Bunker - The Director
JP
Jeanette Pollak
In the Bunker - The Costume Designer
CB
Christian Bartels
In the Bunker - The 'Hitler Youth'
DC
David Crome
In the Bunker - The Assistant Director
KF
Käthe Fürstenwerth
In the Bunker
WS
Werner Schönrock
In the Bunker
BR
Bernd Ramien
In the Bunker
ER
Erika Rabau
In the Bunker
SBI
Silvia Blagojeva Itscherenska
In the Bunker
SM
Sultan Meral
In the Bunker
OP
Olivier Picot
In the Bunker
JG
Jochen Gliscinsky
In the Bunker
ES
Erich Schupke
In the Bunker
MH
Margarete Hafner
In the Old Apartments
OH
Oliver Herder
In the Old Apartments
MH
Margitta Haberland
In the Old Apartments
RS
Ralf Strathmann
In the Old Apartments
WR
Walter Ratayszak
In the Old Apartments
CO
Charlotte Oberberg
In the Old Apartments
LK
Lubinka Kostic
In the Old Apartments
GW
Gisela Westerboer
On the Highway
AV
Andreas Valentin
On the Highway
WV
Wolf-Dirk Vogeley
On the Highway
RR
Ruth Rischke
On the Highway
FA
Familie Ayik
On the Highway
SB
Simon Bonney
Crime and The City Solution
HH
Harry Howard
Crime and The City Solution
Rowland S. Howard
Crime and The City Solution
Thomas Wydler
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
RW
Roland Wolf
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Kid Congo Powers
Self
DR
Denis Rodriguez
With the Children
DVA
Dieta von Aster
With the Children
GG
Gustav Geisler
With the Children
PG
Paul Geisler
With the Children
LG
Lorenz Geisler
With the Children
SK
Slađana Kostić
With the Children
BS
Benedikt Schumann
With the Children
NR
Nicolas Roth
With the Children
MS
Marcus Stenzel
With the Children
BF
Benjamin Ferchow
With the Children
MM
Mario Meyer
With the Children
ML
Mark Leuschner
With the Children
TD
Tibor Dahlenburg
With the Children
LH
Lia Harder
With the Children
MN
Mascha Noak
With the Children
VB
Vera Butzek
With the Children
DB
Donald Behrendt
With the Children
PK
Patric Kreuzer
SS
Simone Säger
GH
Gerdi Hofmann
Ulrike Schirm
HM
Hans Marquardt
HK
Heimke Karl
KM
Klaus Mausolf
ÖH
Özyer Hüsinye
JL
Jean-Claude Lezin
TN
Thierry Noir
MM
Matthias Maaß
HL
Henry Luczkow
LC
Louis Cochet
Circus Spotlight Operator (uncredited)
LO
Lina Otto
Girl in the Club (uncredited)
Johanna Penski
Flower Seller (uncredited)