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.
Bruno Ganz
as Damiel
Solveig Dommartin
as Marion
Otto Sander
as Cassiel
Curt Bois
as Homer
Peter Falk
as The Filmstar
Hans Martin Stier
as The Dying Man
Elmar Wilms
as A Sad Man
Sigurd Rachman
as The Suicide
Beatrice Manowski
as Young Prostitute
Lajos Kovács
as Marion's Coach
Bruno Rosaz
as The Clown
Laurent Petitgand
as The Bandleader
