Solveig Dommartin

Solveig Dommartin
In Wings of Desire (1987)
Born 16 May 1961
Paris, France
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".[1] 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. She learned circus acrobatics for the role in only eight weeks,[2] 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 died of a heart attack in Paris in 2007 at the age of 45.[2] She was survived by her daughter, Venus.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Wings of DesireMarion
1989The Prisoner of St. PetersburgElena
1990Je t'ai dans la peauJeanne
No Fear, No DieToni
1991Until the End of the WorldClaire Tourneur
1993Faraway, So Close!Marion
1994I Can't SleepBlonde Woman
1997Eiffel Tower Trilogy: Height, Weight & GravitySolveigShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983Cinéma Cinémas HerselfTV Series Documentary
1995NavarroClémence LarueEpisodes:
"L'ombre d'un père"
"Sentiments mortels"
1996Commandant NervalSuzyEpisode: "A qui profite le crime?"

Editor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985Tokyo-GaEditorDocumentary

Writer

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Until the End of the WorldWriter

Director

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998It Would Only Take a BridgeShort

References

  1. ↑ https://variety.com/2007/film/news/french-actress-dommartin-dies-at-45-1117958008/
  2. 1 2 Jakubowski, Maxim (6 February 2007). "Solveig Dommartin, Wenders' fearless angel". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 April 2014.


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