Solveig Dommartin
Actress
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Solveig Dommartin is a widely cast actress, built for roles that sit just outside the spotlight. 6 credits: a working performer's arithmetic. 'Wings of Desire' is the most widely seen title on the filmography, with Marion as the role. 'Until the End of the World' is the other title worth naming.
Solveig Dommartin
Actress
Solveig Dommartin is a widely cast actress, built for roles that sit just outside the spotlight. 6 credits: a working performer's arithmetic. 'Wings of Desire' is the most widely seen title on the filmography, with Marion as the role. 'Until the End of the World' is the other title worth naming.
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Is Solveig Dommartin still alive?
Solveig Dommartin passed away on January 11, 2007 at age 45.
What are the most famous roles of Solveig Dommartin?
Solveig Dommartin is best known for roles in Wings of Desire, Until the End of the World, Faraway, So Close!.
How many movies has Solveig Dommartin been in?
Over a 24-year career (since 1983), Solveig Dommartin has appeared in 6 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Solveig Dommartin's first movie?
The career of Solveig Dommartin began with Lettre de la Sierra Morena (1983).
What is Solveig Dommartin's most recent movie or series?
Solveig Dommartin's most recent release is I Can't Sleep, which premiered on May 18, 1994.
Solveig Dommartin
1961-05-16 · Constantine, France [now Algeria]
Solveig Dommartin (May 16, 1961 in Constantine, Algeria – January 11, 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.Solveig Dommartin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.