Wings of Desire
Released: September 23, 1987Runtime: 128 minLanguage: DE
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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Bruno Ganz
as Damiel
Solveig Dommartin
as Marion
Otto Sander
as Cassiel
Curt Bois
as Homer
Peter Falk
as Der Filmstar
Hans Martin Stier
as In weiteren Rollen - Der Sterbende
Elmar Wilms
as In weiteren Rollen - Ein trauriger Mann
Sigurd Rachman
as In weiteren Rollen - Der Selbstmörder
Beatrice Manowski
as In weiteren Rollen - Das Strichmädchen
Lajos Kovacs
as Im Zirkus - Marion's Trainer
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