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Wings of Desire (1987)

"There are angels on the streets of Berlin."

7.8/10 2h 8m Sep 23, 1987
Drama Fantasy Romance

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. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.

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Movie Details

Original Title Der Himmel über Berlin
Original Language DE
Budget $2,500,000
Revenue $3,210,139
Status Released
Popularity 3.0

Cast

Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz
Damiel
Popularity: 1.2
Solveig Dommartin
Solveig Dommartin
Marion
Popularity: 0.4
Otto Sander
Otto Sander
Cassiel
Popularity: 0.6
Curt Bois
Curt Bois
Homer
Popularity: 0.8
Peter Falk
Peter Falk
The Filmstar
Popularity: 2.2
Hans Martin Stier
Hans Martin Stier
The Dying Man
Popularity: 0.7
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Elmar Wilms
A Sad Man
Popularity: 0.1
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Sigurd Rachman
The Suicide
Popularity: 0.1
Beatrice Manowski
Beatrice Manowski
Young Prostitute
Popularity: 1.6
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Bruno Rosaz
The Clown
Popularity: 0.1
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Laurent Petitgand
The Bandleader
Popularity: 0.1
Chick Ortega
Chick Ortega
The Drummer
Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Director Wim Wenders
Producer Wim Wenders, Anatole Dauman
Editor Peter Przygodda
Screenplay Peter Handke, Richard Reitinger, Wim Wenders
Executive Producer Ingrid Windisch

Production

Road Movies
DE
Argos films
FR
WDR
DE

Videos & Trailers

Hand-picked by MUBI [Subtitled]
Hand-picked by MUBI [Subtitled]
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Wim Wenders on Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders on Wings of Desire
Featurette
Official UK Re-Release Trailer 2
Official UK Re-Release Trailer 2
Teaser
Official UK Re-Release Trailer
Official UK Re-Release Trailer
Trailer
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer
Richard Linklater on WINGS OF DESIRE
Richard Linklater on WINGS OF DESIRE
Featurette

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Posters
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Keywords

berlin, germany dreams library circus angel berlin wall immortality observer melancholy black and white perception thoughtful mortality dramatic ambiguous

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Dec 25, 2022

Bruno Ganz is on top form in this characterful study of desire - physical and spiritual. He is "Daniel" an angel invisible to all but his own kind (and to the innocence of children) who finds himself, with his colleague "Cassiel" (Otto Sander) policing the city of Berlin at the end of the second wor ... Read more

Filipe Manuel Neto 3/10
Feb 26, 2023

**Essay on Sleepiness.** When I decided to see this film, I did it for three reasons: the first is the participation of Bruno Ganz, a German actor that I appreciate and that I started to like after seeing him do excellent work in other films such as “The Fall”; the second is the enormous cons ... Read more

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Details
Release Date September 23, 1987
Runtime 2h 8m
Budget $2,500,000
Revenue $3,210,139
Language DE
Status Released
Popularity 3.0
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