Writer
Peter Handke
83 years · Griffen, Austria · 17 films
Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 2019, Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."
Best known for


Wings of Desire
1987 · Screenplay
On HBO Max


Alice in the Cities
1974 · Man at Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited)
On Criterion Channel

Wrong Move
1975 · Screenplay

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
2016 · Gardener

The Left-Handed Woman
1978 · Director, Screenplay

Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late
2016 · Himself
Filmography 17

To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017 · Actor

Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late
2016 · Himself

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
2016 · Gardener

Griffen – On the Tracks of Peter Handke
2012 · Self

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008 · Self (uncredited)


One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008 · Self
On Hoopla

Days and Nights in Paris
2004 · Self

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003 · Self

The Absence
1993 · Director, Writer


Wings of Desire
1987 · Screenplay
On HBO Max

The Malady of Death
1985 · The Narrator (voice), Director

The Left-Handed Woman
1978 · Director, Screenplay

Wrong Move
1975 · Screenplay

Kaspar
1974 · Writer


Alice in the Cities
1974 · Man at Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited)
On Criterion Channel

3 American LPs
1969 · Actor, Writer

Dichter Forum Graz
1967 · Actor