Wings of Desire (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 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 Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $2,500,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $3,210,139.00 |
| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 15.46 |
Directed By
Wim Wenders
Crew
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Anatole Dauman
Henri Alekan
Jürgen Knieper
Peter Przygodda
Peter Handke
Richard Reitinger
Victor Leitenbauer
Heidi Lüdi
Klaus Bieling
Claire Denis
Hartmut Eichgrün
Andrei Tarkovsky
Pascale Dauman
Wim Wenders
Bernard Eisenschitz
Joachim von Mengershausen
Ingrid Windisch
Monika Jacobs
Regina Huyer
Herbert Kerz
Barbara von Wrangell
Carola Hochgräf
Knut Winkler
Peter Alteneder
Henrik Gross
Alexander Korn
Claude Lalanne
Werner Mooser
Thierry Noir
Markus Pluta
Joost van der Velden
Esther Walz
Axel Arft
Jean-Paul Mugel
Uwe Thalmann
Hans Seck
Peter Ch. Arnold
Klemens Becker
Dieter Bähr
Louis Cochet
Dieter Dentzer
Claus Gerling
Agnès Godard
Thomas Gosda
Bernd Hübner
Klaus Krieger
Martin Kukula
Achim Poulheim
Ralf Strathmann
Leni Pütz-Savieto
Anne Schnee
Dave Pultz
Gabriele Mattner
Martin Karlinski
Ruediger Kersting
Dieter Stempnierwsky
Catherine Coste
Pascale Dauman
Franck Glemin
Scott Kirby
Uli Mayer
Wolfgang Rapior
Inge Ruf
Annette Seggert
Chris Sievernich
Mickey Cottrell
Marie-Christine Malbert
Ulla Zwicker
Pierre Bergam
Major Gick
François Lehr
Yasujirō Ozu
François Truffaut
TOP 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
Lajos Kovács
Marion's Coach
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
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