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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Solveig Dommartin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 16, 1961
- January 11, 2007 (aged 45)
- Constantine, France [now Algeria]
- Actor and writer
- 5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Solveig Dommartin's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Shapeshifteras Marion in Wings of Desire (1987)
- Heroas Claire Tourneur in Until the End of the World (1991)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Solveig Dommartin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Solveig Dommartin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
I Can't Sleep(1994)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Faraway, So Close!(1993)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
No Fear, No Die(1990)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
I Have You Under My Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Wings of Desire(1987)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Tokyo-Ga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Lettre de la Sierra Morena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Career shape
Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 9 titles from 1983 to 1994; peak year 1987.
Film career
Peak 1987 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1987Screen debut· Wings of Desire
- 1991First top-billed film· Until the End of the World
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Solveig Dommartin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Solveig Dommartin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Solveig Dommartin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Wim Wenders shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Wim WendersShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Until the End of the World (1991), Wings of Desire (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Wim Wenders
Writers
- Richard ReitingerShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Wings of Desire (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Reitinger
Actors
- Bruno GanzShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Wings of Desire (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Bruno Ganz
- Otto SanderShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Wings of Desire (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Otto Sander
- Peter FalkShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Wings of Desire (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Falk
- Rüdiger VoglerShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Until the End of the World (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Rüdiger Vogler
Composers and editors
- Peter PrzygoddaShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Until the End of the World (1991), Wings of Desire (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Peter Przygodda
- Graeme RevellShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Until the End of the World (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Graeme Revell
Producers
- Ulrich FelsbergShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Until the End of the World (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Ulrich Felsberg
- Anatole DaumanShared titles: Until the End of the World (1991), Wings of Desire (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Anatole Dauman
Mixed roles
- Laurent PetitgandShared titles: Faraway, So Close! (1993), Wings of Desire (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Laurent Petitgand