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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.
- (78K)
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Wim Wenders
- 1988-05-06
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.
German director Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (1987), which translates to "Heaven over Berlin" in Wenders' native tongue, is a contemporary fable of two angels watching over life in modern Berlin. In Wenders' hip, cosmopolitan story the two middle aged angels Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are an art film variation on the "average ...
The original German title of Wim Wenders’ romantic fantasy, Himmel Über Berlin (Heaven Above Berlin), gives a big clue to the film’s setting. Damiel is one of many angels haunting Berlin, yearning to exchange his wings for humanity when he falls in love with circus acrobat Marion (Solveig Dommartin).
Wings Of Desire. 1987. Directed by Wim Wenders. The sky over Wenders’ war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them.
Inspired by artwork of angels scattered throughout West Berlin in the 1980s, this film follows the lives of two angels who hover over Berlin observing the every day lives of its occupants, listening to their inner thoughts and offering invisible comfort to those in distress.
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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.
