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Wings of Desire ( German: Der Himmel über Berlin, pronounced [deːɐ̯ ˈhɪml̩ ˈʔyːbɐ bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ⓘ; lit.'The Heaven/Sky over Berlin') is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger, and directed by Wenders.
May 6, 1988 · Wings of Desire: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois. An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
Apr 12, 1998 · Wings of Desire. Roger Ebert April 12, 1998. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The angels in “Wings of Desire” are not merely guardian angels, placed on Earth to look after human beings. They are witnesses, and they have been watching for a long time--since the beginning.
When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin), the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds--with some words of...
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Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts—fears, hopes, dreams—of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, he is willing to give up his immortality and come back to earth to be with her.
Eternal, invisible, and ever-watchful, two silent and compassionate angelic guardians, Damiel and Cassiel, turn their attention to the needy and the lonely of this world, soaring effortlessly over wall-divided Berlin's overcast skies. Then, unexpectedly, Damiel falls in love with Marion, a hauntingly beautiful trapeze artist.
Starring Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk. WINGS OF DESIRE is one of cinema’s loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts—fears, hopes, dreams—of all the people living below.
Directed by Wim Wenders. There are angels on the streets of Berlin. Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them.
Angels walk among the downtrodden in this ethereal spiritual drama from Wim Wenders. Winner of the Best Director prize in Cannes, and featuring a tender, improvised performance from Peter Falk, Wings of Desire is a hypnotic philosophical meditation that finds divine order amid everyday chaos.
Wings of Desire (1987) In director Wim Wenders’ most metaphysical work, a guardian angel desires nothing more than to be human. Every day, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) listens to the thoughts of mortals who play their lives out on the streets of West Berlin.
