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Feature film — 1987

Wings of Desire (1987)

7.82h 8mDrama — 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.

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Road Movies / Argos films / WDR / Wim Wenders Stiftung

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Director: Wim Wenders

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Cast & crew

Bruno Ganz as Damiel

Bruno Ganz

Damiel

Solveig Dommartin as Marion

Solveig Dommartin

Marion

Otto Sander as Cassiel

Otto Sander

Cassiel

Curt Bois as Homer

Curt Bois

Homer

Peter Falk as The Filmstar

Peter Falk

The Filmstar

Hans Martin Stier as The Dying Man

Hans Martin Stier

The Dying Man

E

Elmar Wilms

A Sad Man

S

Sigurd Rachman

The Suicide

Beatrice Manowski as Young Prostitute

Beatrice Manowski

Young Prostitute

B

Bruno Rosaz

The Clown

L

Laurent Petitgand

The Bandleader

Chick Ortega as The Drummer

Chick Ortega

The Drummer

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