柏林由两位天使守护着,一个是对人世疾苦冷眼旁观的卡西尔,另一个是常常感怀于人类疾苦的丹密尔(布鲁诺•甘茨 Bruno Ganz 饰)。二人穿着宽大的天使袍,在城市各处游荡,倾听人们的祈祷,默默观察人们的内心世界。马戏团玛瑞安(苏韦戈•多马丁Solveig Dommartin 饰)的心事引来了丹密尔的同情,因为马戏团经营不善,面临倒闭,玛瑞安满心烦恼。这个马戏团的天使演员令丹密尔动了凡心,他决定化作凡人,追求一段美满感情。 本片荣获1987年第40届戛纳国际电影节最佳导演奖。
Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist, an honest local policeman and former lover of Vera's, contacts her while investigating the death of one of the refugees. Natas has a list of agents operating in the host country and wants to sell them to the Americans. However before he can do so, Vera tries to kill him, after an argument about getting her parents out of Liquidatzia.