Solveig Dommartin

Solveig Dommartin (16 May 1961 – 11 January 2007) was a French actress.

Solveig Dommartin
In Wings of Desire (1987)
Born16 May 1961
Constantine, Algeria
Died11 January 2007(2007-01-11) (aged 45)
Paris, France

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]

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 CinémasHerselfTV 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. Jakubowski, Maxim (6 February 2007). "Solveig Dommartin, Wenders' fearless angel". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
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