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About
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.
Theatrical
Apr 29, 1988
Box Office
$3.5M
Budget
$2.5M
Return
1.4x
Theaters
7
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Road Movies, Argos films, WDR, Wim Wenders Stiftung
Original Title
Der Himmel über Berlin
Original Language
German
Quotes
See all →The Journey of Self-Discovery
Damiel
Wait! I want to know everything.
[as Falk is led away]
Peter Falk
You need to figure that out for yourself. That's the fun of it.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Reflections on Life and Death
The Dying Man
You never saw anyone die? I stink of gasoline. I saw it all clearly - the Mercedes, the pool of oil. Karin, I should have told you. It can't be that simple. I've still so much to do.
[thinking to himself while lying on the side of a road after a motorcycle accident]
Damiel
As I came up the mountain, out of the misty valley into the sun. The fire on the cattle range, the potatoes in the ashes, the boathouse floating in the lake. The Southern Cross.
[placing his hands on the Dying Man's head]
The Dying Man
The Far East. The Great North. The Wild West. The Great Bear Lake. Tristan da Cunha. The Mississippi Delta. Stromboli. The old houses of Charlottenburg. Albert Camus. The morning light. The child's eyes. The swim in the waterfall. The spots of the first drops of rain. The sun. The bread and wine. Hopping. Easter. The veins of leaves. The blowing grass. The color of stones. The pebbles on the stream's bed. The white tablecloth outdoors. The dream of the house in the house. The dear one asleep in the next room. The peaceful Sundays. The horizon. The light from the room in the garden. The night flight. Riding a bicycle with no hands. The beautiful stranger. My father. My mother. My wife. My child.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Damiel and Cassiel Collection
This collection includes Wings of Desire, a 1987 romantic fantasy film about angels who populate Berlin, and its sequel, Faraway, So Close!, released in 1993. City of Angels, a U.S. remake, was releas...
Cast
Full credits →B
Bruno Ganz
Damiel
S
Solveig Dommartin
Marion
O
Otto Sander
Cassiel
C
Curt Bois
Homer
P
Peter Falk
The Filmstar
H
Hans Martin Stier
The Dying Man
E
Elmar Wilms
A Sad Man
S
Sigurd Rachman
The Suicide
B
Beatrice Manowski
Young Prostitute
L
Laurent Petitgand
The Bandleader
C
Chick Ortega
The Drummer
O
Otto Kuhnle
The Juggler
C
Christoph Merg
The Juggler
T
Teresa Harder
In the Library - The Angel
J
Jürgen Heinrich
In the Old Apartments
A
Annelinde Gerstl
On the Highway
M
Mick Harvey
Crime and The City Solution / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
N
Nick Cave
Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
B
Blixa Bargeld
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
S
Susanne Vierkötter
In the Circus
