Principal cast
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois and Peter Falk
Film 264 of 498 on the Screen Path
Wings of Desire
There are angels on the streets of Berlin.
About the film
Wings of Desire at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1987 film at stop 264 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Henri Alekan (director of photography), Peter Przygodda (editor), Jürgen Knieper (original music composer), Bernard Eisenschitz (screenplay) and Peter Handke (screenplay)
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Release
- 1987-09-23
- Runtime
- 128 minutes
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy and Romance
- Country
- Germany
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
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Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Bruno GanzCharacter: Damiel
- Solveig DommartinCharacter: Marion
- Otto SanderCharacter: Cassiel
- Curt BoisCharacter: Homer
- Peter FalkCharacter: The Filmstar
- Hans Martin StierCharacter: The Dying Man
- Elmar WilmsCharacter: A Sad Man
- Sigurd RachmanCharacter: The Suicide
- Beatrice ManowskiCharacter: Young Prostitute
- Bruno RosazCharacter: The Clown
- Laurent PetitgandCharacter: The Bandleader
- Chick OrtegaCharacter: The Drummer
Full crew
Full crew
- Wim WendersCredits: Director, Producer, Screenplay
- Peter HandkeCredits: Screenplay
- Jürgen KnieperCredits: Original Music Composer
- Richard ReitingerCredits: Screenplay
- Peter PrzygoddaCredits: Editor
- Anatole DaumanCredits: Producer
- Henri AlekanCredits: Director of Photography
- Victor LeitenbauerCredits: Makeup Artist
- Heidi LüdiCredits: Art Direction
- Klaus BielingCredits: Best Boy Electric
- Claire DenisCredits: First Assistant Director
- Hartmut EichgrünCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Andrei TarkovskyCredits: In Memory Of
- Pascale DaumanCredits: Associate Producer, Production Consultant
- Markus PlutaCredits: Set Designer
- Dieter StempnierwskyCredits: Production Driver
- Ingrid WindischCredits: Executive Producer
- Jean-Paul MugelCredits: Sound
- Agnès GodardCredits: Assistant Camera
- Major GickCredits: Thanks
- Martin KukulaCredits: Additional Camera
- Leni Pütz-SavietoCredits: Assistant Editor
- Scott KirbyCredits: Production Assistant
- Louis CochetCredits: Assistant Camera
- Achim PoulheimCredits: Focus Puller
- Gabriele MattnerCredits: Script Supervisor
- Ruediger KerstingCredits: Production Driver
- Mickey CottrellCredits: Publicist
- Alexander KornCredits: Set Designer
- Dieter DentzerCredits: Lighting Technician
- Regina HuyerCredits: Makeup Artist
- Uli MayerCredits: Title Designer
- Inge RufCredits: Production Accountant
- Knut WinklerCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Uwe ThalmannCredits: Sound Assistant
- Klemens BeckerCredits: Helicopter Camera
- Hans SeckCredits: Stunts
- Dieter BährCredits: Grip
- Herbert KerzCredits: Unit Manager
- Barbara von WrangellCredits: Unit Manager
- Joachim von MengershausenCredits: Associate Producer
- Monika JacobsCredits: Costume Design
- Henrik GrossCredits: Assistant Property Master
- Klaus KriegerCredits: Helicopter Camera
- Barbara von WeitershausenCredits: Thanks
- Claude LalanneCredits: Sculptor
- Werner MooserCredits: Assistant Set Decoration
- Thierry NoirCredits: Painter
- Joost van der VeldenCredits: Sculptor
- Claus GerlingCredits: Lighting Technician
- Esther WalzCredits: Property Master
- Thomas GosdaCredits: Lighting Technician
- Ralf StrathmannCredits: Still Photographer
- Dave PultzCredits: Color Timer
- Martin KarlinskiCredits: Production Driver
- Bernard EisenschitzCredits: Screenplay
- Peter AltenederCredits: Property Master
- Axel ArftCredits: Sound
- Peter ArnoldCredits: Additional Camera
- Anne SchneeCredits: Assistant Editor
- Catherine CosteCredits: Production Secretary
- François LehrCredits: Thanks
- Bernd HübnerCredits: Gaffer
- Annette SeggertCredits: Catering
- Yasujirō OzuCredits: In Memory Of
- Carola HochgräfCredits: Third Assistant Director
- Marie-Christine MalbertCredits: Publicist
- Ulla ZwickerCredits: Production Coordinator
- Franck GleminCredits: Production Assistant
- Pierre BergamCredits: Thanks
- Ulla Fukosawa-OberbeckmannCredits: Thanks
- François TruffautCredits: In Memory Of
- Wolfgang RapiorCredits: Catering
- Chris SievernichCredits: Production Consultant
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