Wings of Desire

There are angels on the streets of Berlin.

Genres

DramaFantasyRomance

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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.

Others

Budget

$2500000

Revenue

$3210139

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

128 mins

Rating

7.771/10

Release Date

23 September 1987

Country

France

Cast

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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