The read
Scores higher than 95% of the 1,406 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic79/100
1,542 audience votes
Key crew
- Wim WendersDirector
- Peter HandkeScreenplay
- Jürgen KnieperOriginal Music Composer
- Richard ReitingerScreenplay
- Wim WendersScreenplay
- Bernard EisenschitzScreenplay
Cast
- Bruno GanzDamiel
- Solveig DommartinMarion
- Otto SanderCassiel
- Curt BoisHomer
- Peter FalkThe Filmstar
- Hans Martin StierThe Dying Man
- Elmar WilmsA Sad Man
- Sigurd RachmanThe Suicide
- Beatrice ManowskiYoung Prostitute
- Bruno RosazThe Clown
- Laurent PetitgandThe Bandleader
- Chick OrtegaThe Drummer
Stills
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Themes
berlin, germanydreamslibrarycircusangelberlin wallimmortalityobservermelancholyblack and whiteperceptionthoughtful
The Best Movies of 1987
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