Opening Night
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
Wings of Desire
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.
Faraway, So Close!
Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissatisfied with his destiny as a mere observer of human life and finally decides to take the great leap. Taking the role of Karl Engel, he soon gets into a dubious milieu and finds himself as the assistant of the German-American Baker, who makes his money with shady arms deals and sends films east in exchange for weapons. Cassiel’s adventure turns into a “thriller” when he decides to put a stop to Baker’s game.
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John Cassavetes
Director
Paul Stewart
as
David Samuels
Zohra Lampert
as
Dorothy Victor
Peter Falk
as
Peter Falk
Seymour Cassel
as
Seymour Cassel
Wim Wenders
Director
Bruno Ganz
as
Damiel
Otto Kuhnle
as
Im Zirkus - Die Jongleure
Teresa Harder
as
In der Bibliothek - Die Engel
Willem Dafoe
as
Emit Flesti
Ronald Nitschke
as
Patzke
Nastassja Kinski
as
Raphaela
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