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23/09/1987 Drama, Fantasy, Romance 2h 8m
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There are angels on the streets of Berlin.

Overview

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.

  1. Wim Wenders

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Bruno Ganz

    Damiel

  2. Solveig Dommartin

    Marion

  3. Otto Sander

    Cassiel

  4. Curt Bois

    Homer

  5. Peter Falk

    The Filmstar

  6. Hans Martin Stier

    The Dying Man

  7. Elmar Wilms

    A Sad Man

  8. Sigurd Rachman

    The Suicide

  9. Beatrice Manowski

    Young Prostitute

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-12-25
Bruno Ganz is on top form in this characterful study of desire - physical and spiritual. He is "Daniel" an angel invisible to all but his own kind (and to the innocence of children) who finds himself, with his colleague "Cassiel" (Otto Sander) policing the city of Berlin at the end of the second world war. Needless to say, there are no shortages of claimants on their compassion and they do what they can to help assuage the difficulties faced by the desperate and the struggling. When he alights on circus trapeze artiste "Marion" (Solveig Dommartin) though, "Daniel" starts to have doubts. His en...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$2,500,000.00

Revenue
$3,548,590.00

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