Wings of Desire
There are angels on the streets of Berlin.
Genres
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 physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Details
Budget
$2500000
Revenue
$3210139
Runtime
128 min
Release Date
1987-09-23
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
1409
Vote Average
7.782
Bruno Ganz
Damiel
Solveig Dommartin
Marion
Otto Sander
Cassiel
Curt Bois
Homer
Peter Falk
The Filmstar
Hans Martin Stier
The Dying Man
Elmar Wilms
A Sad Man
Sigurd Rachman
The Suicide
Beatrice Manowski
Young Prostitute
Bruno Rosaz
The Clown
Laurent Petitgand
The Bandleader
Chick Ortega
The Drummer
Otto Kuhnle
The Juggler
Christoph Merg
The Juggler
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 and The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave
Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Blixa Bargeld
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Susanne Vierkötter
In the Circus
Paul Busch
In the Circus
Karin Busch
In the Circus
Irene Moessinger
In the Circus
Franky
In the Circus - Last But Not Least
Daniela Nasimcova
In the Library - The Angel
Bernard Eisenschitz
In the Library - The Angel
Didier Flamand
In the Library - The Angel
Rolf Henke
In the Library - The Angel
Scott Kirby
In the Library - The Angel
Franck Glemin
In the Library - The Angel
Jerry Barrish
In the Bunker - The Director
Jeanette Pollak
In the Bunker - The Costume Designer
Christian Bartels
In the Bunker - The 'Hitler Youth'
David Crome
In the Bunker - The Assistant Director
Käthe Fürstenwerth
In the Bunker
Werner Schönrock
In the Bunker
Bernd Ramien
In the Bunker
Erika Rabau
In the Bunker
Silvia Blagojeva Itscherenska
In the Bunker
Sultan Meral
In the Bunker
Olivier Picot
In the Bunker
Jochen Gliscinsky
In the Bunker
Erich Schupke
In the Bunker
Margarete Hafner
In the Old Apartments
Oliver Herder
In the Old Apartments
Margitta Haberland
In the Old Apartments
Ralf Strathmann
In the Old Apartments
Walter Ratayszak
In the Old Apartments
Charlotte Oberberg
In the Old Apartments
Lubinka Kostic
In the Old Apartments
Gisela Westerboer
On the Highway
Andreas Valentin
On the Highway
Wolf-Dirk Vogeley
On the Highway
Ruth Rischke
On the Highway
Simon Bonney
Crime and The City Solution
Harry Howard
Crime and The City Solution
Rowland S. Howard
Crime and The City Solution
Thomas Wydler
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Roland Wolf
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Kid Congo Powers
Self
Denis Rodriguez
With the Children
Dieta von Aster
With the Children
Gustav Geisler
With the Children
Paul Geisler
With the Children
Lorenz Geisler
With the Children
Slađana Kostić
With the Children
Benedikt Schumann
With the Children
Nicolas Roth
With the Children
Marcus Stenzel
With the Children
Benjamin Ferchow
With the Children
Mario Meyer
With the Children
Mark Leuschner
With the Children
Tibor Dahlenburg
With the Children
Lia Harder
With the Children
Mascha Noak
With the Children
Vera Butzek
With the Children
Donald Behrendt
With the Children
Patric Kreuzer
Simone Säger
Gerdi Hofmann
Ulrike Schirm
Hans Marquardt
Heimke Karl
Klaus Mausolf
Özyer Hüsinye
Jean-Claude Lezin
Thierry Noir
Matthias Maaß
Henry Luczkow
Louis Cochet
Circus Spotlight Operator (uncredited)
Lina Otto
Girl in the Club (uncredited)
Johanna Penski
Flower Seller (uncredited)
Lajos Kovács
Marion's Coach
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