Solveig Dommartin

Born: 1961-05-16

Solveig Dommartin (16 May 1961 in Constantine, Algeria - 11 January 2007 in Paris) was a French-German actress. Her acting career began in the theatre with "Compagnie Timothee Laine" and with the "Theater Labor Warschau". She had her first experiences with film as an assistant of Jacques Rozier. Her debut as a film actress was Wings of Desire (1987) under Wim Wenders. She was able to learn the challenging circus acrobatics in only eight weeks, and performed the full role without using a stunt double. She co-authored Until the End of the World (1991) with Wenders and travelled around the world with him in search of locations for the project. Wim Wenders said about Until the End of the World: "Solveig Dommartin and I had written the story of our film together, and we thought that we only had the right to enter into such a sacred area like a persons's dreams, if we would bring something into the work that was sacred to ourselves". Dommartin died of a heart attack in 2007, aged 45. She was survived by her daughter, Venus. Description above from the Wikipedia article Solveig Dommartin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Wings of Desire

as Marion
Released: 1987-09-23

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling...

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Until the End of the World

as Claire Tourneur
Released: 1991-09-12

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers,...

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Faraway, So Close!

as Marion
Released: 1993-09-01

Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The...

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No Fear, No Die

as Toni
Released: 1990-09-05

Dah and Jocelyn come from Benin, Africa, to coach their rooster, "S'en fout la mort", for an...

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The Prisoner of St. Petersburg

as Elena
Released: 1989-03-25

A young Russian man arrives in Berlin in search of a woman, but becomes entangled with two...

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I Can't Sleep

as Young Blonde Woman
Released: 1994-05-18

Ninon is a spirited hotel-manager who teaches self-defense classes to her terrified eldery...

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Wim Wenders in Tokyo

as Self
Released: 1990-12-31

A documentary which follows director Wim Wenders and Sean Naughton, the high-definition-video...

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Spécial cinéma

as Self
First aired: 1974-09-25

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