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Solveig Dommartin
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In Wings of Desire (1987)
Born 16 May 1961
Died 11 January 2007(2007-01-11) (aged 45)
Paris, France

Solveig Dommartin (16 May 1961 – 11 January 2007) was a French 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 in Wings of Desire (1987), by Wim Wenders, with whom she was in a relationship. She learned circus acrobatics for the role in only eight weeks, and performed 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 person's dreams, if we would bring something into the work that was sacred to ourselves".

Dommartin had a daughter, Venus. She died of a heart attack in Paris in 2007 at the age of 45.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Wings of Desire Marion
1989 The Prisoner of St. Petersburg Elena
1990 Je t'ai dans la peau Jeanne
No Fear, No Die Toni
1991 Until the End of the World Claire Tourneur
1993 Faraway, So Close! Marion
1994 I Can't Sleep Blonde Woman
1997 Eiffel Tower Trilogy: Height, Weight & Gravity Solveig Short
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1983 Cinéma Cinémas Herself TV series documentary
1995 Navarro Clémence Larue Episodes:
"L'ombre d'un père"
"Sentiments mortels"
1996 Commandant Nerval Suzy Episode: "A qui profite le crime?"
Editor
Year Title Role Notes
1985 Tokyo-Ga Editor Documentary
Writer
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Until the End of the World Co-story
Director
Year Title Role Notes
1998 It Would Only Take a Bridge Short

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