A group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.
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Cast
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| Otto Sander | ... | Cassiel | |
| Peter Falk | ... | Peter Falk | |
| Horst Buchholz | ... | Tony Baker | |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | ... | Mikhail Gorbachev (as Michail S. Gorbatschow) | |
| Nastassja Kinski | ... | Raphaela | |
| Heinz Rühmann | ... | Konrad | |
| Bruno Ganz | ... | Damiel | |
| Solveig Dommartin | ... | Marion | |
| Rüdiger Vogler | ... | Phillip Winter | |
| Lou Reed | ... | Lou Reed | |
| Willem Dafoe | ... | Emit Flesti | |
| Monika Hansen | ... | Hanna / Gertrud Becker | |
| Günter Meisner | ... | Fälscher | |
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Ronald Nitschke | ... | Patzke |
| Hanns Zischler | ... | Dr. Becker | |
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A group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.
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Country:
GermanyRelease Date:
21 December 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$10,500,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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Lou Reed: If I knew, I would tell you. Hang in there.
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Yella Rottländer appears in a cameo as the guardian angel of Phillip Winter, played by Rüdiger Vogler, recomposing the couple of leading actors in Wim Wenders's Alice in the Cities (1974) after 20 years. See more »Goofs
When Karl decides to dissolve his business partnership, he wades knee-deep through a flooded tunnel corridor becoming wet and filthy. Yet when he emerges from the tunnels, his pants are fluttering around too much to be wet and appear dry, and in the following scene after arriving at his destination and taking a nap, his clothes alternate between dirty and clean. See more »Quotes
Cassiel: Why can't I be good? Why can't I act like a man? Why can't I act like other men can?Lou Reed: If I knew, I would tell you. Hang in there.
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The film is dedicated to actor Curt Bois who worked with Wim Wenders in "Der Himmel über Berlin". See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This film is about passion. A flicker on the eyes of an angel, our brief lives are as unique and intense as they are ephemeral, and time itself is the fire that burn our passions and desires. Complex and multicultural, the film is disturbingly deep as it is light, a contrast of innocence and evil, showing how the Faust compromise can be present and right/wrong can become difficult to define. Also, the participation of Lou Reed and Peter Falk as themselves bring Faust to reality, as a mirror to ourselves. The deeply german Wenders pay a compliment to Gorbatchev for the fall of the Wall, maybe telling us the duality of time, that can be good and evil like the faces of a coin. Wonderful piece of art.