Solveig Dommartin

Solveig Dommartin was a French actress and filmmaker who also wrote, edited and directed. She became known through Wim Wenders films, starting with her screen debut in Wings of Desire (1987). Solveig Dommartin appears nude in Bis ans Ende der Welt, the 1991 film she co-wrote with Wenders. She was born on May 16, 1961, in Constantine, then part of France and now Algeria. For Wings of Desire she learned demanding circus acrobatics in eight weeks and skipped a stunt double. She also traveled the world with Wenders to scout locations for Until the End of the World. Her other work includes Faraway, So Close! (1993), editing Tokyo-Ga and directing Il suffirait d'un pont. Dommartin died of a heart attack in Paris on January 11, 2007, aged 45.