Wings of Desire

Directed by Wim Wenders

Written by Peter Handke, Richard Reitinger, Wim Wenders, Bernard Eisenschitz

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.

Cast

Bruno Ganz

Damiel

Solveig Dommartin

Marion

Otto Sander

Cassiel

Curt Bois

Homer

Peter Falk

The Filmstar

Hans Martin Stier

The Dying Man

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Elmar Wilms

A Sad Man

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Sigurd Rachman

The Suicide

Beatrice Manowski

Young Prostitute

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Bruno Rosaz

The Clown

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Laurent Petitgand

The Bandleader

Chick Ortega

The Drummer