Wings of Desire
Der Himmel über Berlin
Release: 1987-09-23
·Runtime: 128m
·★ 7.8
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
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.
Production Countries
Germany
France
Production Companies
Road Movies
Argos films
WDR
Wim Wenders Stiftung
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Teresa Harder
as In the Library - The Angel
Annelinde Gerstl
as On the Highway
Didier Flamand
as In the Library - The Angel
Thomas Wydler
as Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Otto Sander
as Cassiel
Chick Ortega
as The Drummer
Beatrice Manowski
as Young Prostitute
Peter Falk
as The Filmstar
Nick Cave
as Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Bruno Ganz
as Damiel
Jürgen Heinrich
as In the Old Apartments
Mick Harvey
as Crime and The City Solution / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Blixa Bargeld
as Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Rowland S. Howard
as Crime and The City Solution
Solveig Dommartin
as Marion
Johanna Penski
as Flower Seller (uncredited)
Curt Bois
as Homer
Hans Martin Stier
as The Dying Man
Ulrike Schirm
Crew
Wim Wenders
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Yasujirō Ozu
In Memory Of
Claire Denis
First Assistant Director
Andrei Tarkovsky
In Memory Of
Mickey Cottrell
Publicist
Jean-Paul Mugel
Sound
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Henri Alekan
Director of Photography
François Truffaut
In Memory Of
Chris Sievernich
Production Consultant