Solveig Dommartin (; 16 May 1961 – 11 January 2007) was a French actress and filmmaker. She appeared in seven major films, including Wings of Desire (1987), Until the End of the World (1991), and Faraway, So Close! (1993). She was also known as a writer (Until the End of the World), editor (Tokyo-Ga), and director (Il suffirait d'un pont).
Biography Her acting career began in the theatre with Compagnie Timothee Laine and with the Theater Labor Warschau. She began her career in 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".
She had one daughter, Venus. Dommartin 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 Si il suffirait d'un pont (It Would Only Take a Bridge) Short
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