"There are angels on the streets of Berlin."

1987

2h 8m

7.8(1409 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

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.

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Cast & Crew

95 members

Acting

Bruno Ganz

Damiel

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Solveig Dommartin

Marion

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Otto Sander

Cassiel

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Curt Bois

Homer

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Peter Falk

The Filmstar

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Hans Martin Stier

The Dying Man

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Elmar Wilms

A Sad Man

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Sigurd Rachman

The Suicide

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Beatrice Manowski

Young Prostitute

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Bruno Rosaz

The Clown

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Sound

Laurent Petitgand

The Bandleader

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Chick Ortega

The Drummer

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Otto Kuhnle

The Juggler

Art

Christoph Merg

The Juggler

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Peter Werner

The Manager

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Teresa Harder

In the Library - The Angel

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Jürgen Heinrich

In the Old Apartments

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Annelinde Gerstl

On the Highway

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Mick Harvey

Crime and The City Solution / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

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Nick Cave

Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

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Blixa Bargeld

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Costume & Make-Up

Susanne Vierkötter

In the Circus

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Paul Busch

In the Circus

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Karin Busch

In the Circus

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Irene Moessinger

In the Circus

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Franky

In the Circus - Last But Not Least

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Daniela Nasimcova

In the Library - The Angel

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Bernard Eisenschitz

In the Library - The Angel

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Didier Flamand

In the Library - The Angel

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Rolf Henke

In the Library - The Angel

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Scott Kirby

In the Library - The Angel

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Production

Franck Glemin

In the Library - The Angel

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Jerry Barrish

In the Bunker - The Director

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Jeanette Pollak

In the Bunker - The Costume Designer

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Christian Bartels

In the Bunker - The 'Hitler Youth'

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David Crome

In the Bunker - The Assistant Director

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Käthe Fürstenwerth

In the Bunker

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Werner Schönrock

In the Bunker

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Bernd Ramien

In the Bunker

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Erika Rabau

In the Bunker

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Silvia Blagojeva Itscherenska

In the Bunker

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Sultan Meral

In the Bunker

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Olivier Picot

In the Bunker

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Jochen Gliscinsky

In the Bunker

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Erich Schupke

In the Bunker

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Margarete Hafner

In the Old Apartments

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Oliver Herder

In the Old Apartments

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Margitta Haberland

In the Old Apartments

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Directing

Ralf Strathmann

In the Old Apartments

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Walter Ratayszak

In the Old Apartments

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Charlotte Oberberg

In the Old Apartments

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Lubinka Kostic

In the Old Apartments

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Gisela Westerboer

On the Highway

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Andreas Valentin

On the Highway

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Wolf-Dirk Vogeley

On the Highway

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Ruth Rischke

On the Highway

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Simon Bonney

Crime and The City Solution

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Harry Howard

Crime and The City Solution

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Rowland S. Howard

Crime and The City Solution

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Thomas Wydler

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

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Roland Wolf

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

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Kid Congo Powers

Self

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Denis Rodriguez

With the Children

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Dieta von Aster

With the Children

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Gustav Geisler

With the Children

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Paul Geisler

With the Children

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Lorenz Geisler

With the Children

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Slađana Kostić

With the Children

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Benedikt Schumann

With the Children

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Nicolas Roth

With the Children

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Marcus Stenzel

With the Children

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Benjamin Ferchow

With the Children

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Mario Meyer

With the Children

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Mark Leuschner

With the Children

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Tibor Dahlenburg

With the Children

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Lia Harder

With the Children

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Mascha Noak

With the Children

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Vera Butzek

With the Children

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Donald Behrendt

With the Children

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Patric Kreuzer

Unknown Role

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Simone Säger

Unknown Role

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Gerdi Hofmann

Unknown Role

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Ulrike Schirm

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Hans Marquardt

Unknown Role

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Heimke Karl

Unknown Role

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Klaus Mausolf

Unknown Role

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Özyer Hüsinye

Unknown Role

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Jean-Claude Lezin

Unknown Role

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Thierry Noir

Unknown Role

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Camera

Matthias Maaß

Unknown Role

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Henry Luczkow

Unknown Role

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Lighting

Louis Cochet

Circus Spotlight Operator (uncredited)

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Lina Otto

Girl in the Club (uncredited)

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Johanna Penski

Flower Seller (uncredited)

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Lajos Kovács

Marion's Coach

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