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DramaFantasyRomance

Wings of Desire

- 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. 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.

Release Date : 1987-09-23

Language :JapaneseTurkishFrenchGermanSpanishEnglishHebrew

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Argos FilmsWim Wenders StiftungWDRRoad Movies

Production Country : FranceGermany

Alternative Titles : The Sky Over BerlinHeaven Over Berlin

Cast

Bruno Ganz

Character Name : Damiel

Original Name : Bruno Ganz

Gender : Male

Solveig Dommartin

Character Name : Marion

Original Name : Solveig Dommartin

Gender : Female

Otto Sander

Character Name : Cassiel

Original Name : Otto Sander

Gender : Male

Curt Bois

Character Name : Homer

Original Name : Curt Bois

Gender : Male

Peter Falk

Character Name : The Filmstar

Original Name : Peter Falk

Gender : Male

Hans Martin Stier

Character Name : The Dying Man

Original Name : Hans Martin Stier

Gender : Male

Elmar Wilms

Character Name : A Sad Man

Original Name : Elmar Wilms

Gender : Male

Sigurd Rachman

Character Name : The Suicide

Original Name : Sigurd Rachman

Gender : Male

Beatrice Manowski

Character Name : Young Prostitute

Original Name : Beatrice Manowski

Gender : Female

Lajos Kovács

Character Name : Marion's Coach

Original Name : Lajos Kovács

Gender : Male

Bruno Rosaz

Character Name : The Clown

Original Name : Bruno Rosaz

Gender : Male

Laurent Petitgand

Character Name : The Bandleader

Original Name : Laurent Petitgand

Gender : Male

Chick Ortega

Character Name : The Drummer

Original Name : Chick Ortega

Gender : Male

Otto Kuhnle

Character Name : The Juggler

Original Name : Otto Kuhnle

Gender : Male

Christoph Merg

Character Name : The Juggler

Original Name : Christoph Merg

Gender : Male

Peter Werner

Character Name : The Manager

Original Name : Peter Werner

Gender : Male

Teresa Harder

Character Name : In the Library - The Angel

Original Name : Teresa Harder

Gender : Female

Jürgen Heinrich

Character Name : In the Old Apartments

Original Name : Jürgen Heinrich

Gender : Male

Annelinde Gerstl

Character Name : On the Highway

Original Name : Annelinde Gerstl

Gender : Female

Mick Harvey

Character Name : Crime and The City Solution / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Original Name : Mick Harvey

Gender : Male

Nick Cave

Character Name : Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Original Name : Nick Cave

Gender : Male

Blixa Bargeld

Character Name : Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Original Name : Blixa Bargeld

Gender : Male

Susanne Vierkötter

Character Name : In the Circus

Original Name : Susanne Vierkötter

Gender : Male

Paul Busch

Character Name : In the Circus

Original Name : Paul Busch

Gender : Male

Karin Busch

Character Name : In the Circus

Original Name : Karin Busch

Gender : Male

Irene Moessinger

Character Name : In the Circus

Original Name : Irene Moessinger

Gender : Male

Franky

Character Name : In the Circus - Last But Not Least

Original Name : Franky

Gender : Male

Daniela Nasimcova

Character Name : In the Library - The Angel

Original Name : Daniela Nasimcova

Gender : Male

Bernard Eisenschitz

Character Name : In the Library - The Angel

Original Name : Bernard Eisenschitz

Gender : Male

Didier Flamand

Character Name : In the Library - The Angel

Original Name : Didier Flamand

Gender : Male

Rolf Henke

Character Name : In the Library - The Angel

Original Name : Rolf Henke

Gender : Male

Scott Kirby

Character Name : In the Library - The Angel

Original Name : Scott Kirby

Gender : Male

Franck Glemin

Character Name : In the Library - The Angel

Original Name : Franck Glemin

Gender : Male

Jerry Barrish

Character Name : In the Bunker - The Director

Original Name : Jerry Barrish

Gender : Male

Jeanette Pollak

Character Name : In the Bunker - The Costume Designer

Original Name : Jeanette Pollak

Gender : Male

Christian Bartels

Character Name : In the Bunker - The 'Hitler Youth'

Original Name : Christian Bartels

Gender : Male

David Crome

Character Name : In the Bunker - The Assistant Director

Original Name : David Crome

Gender : Male

Käthe Fürstenwerth

Character Name : In the Bunker

Original Name : Käthe Fürstenwerth

Gender : Male

Werner Schönrock

Character Name : In the Bunker

Original Name : Werner Schönrock

Gender : Male

Bernd Ramien

Character Name : In the Bunker

Original Name : Bernd Ramien

Gender : Male

Erika Rabau

Character Name : In the Bunker

Original Name : Erika Rabau

Gender : Female

Silvia Blagojeva Itscherenska

Character Name : In the Bunker

Original Name : Silvia Blagojeva Itscherenska

Gender : Male

Sultan Meral

Character Name : In the Bunker

Original Name : Sultan Meral

Gender : Male

Olivier Picot

Character Name : In the Bunker

Original Name : Olivier Picot

Gender : Male

Jochen Gliscinsky

Character Name : In the Bunker

Original Name : Jochen Gliscinsky

Gender : Male

Erich Schupke

Character Name : In the Bunker

Original Name : Erich Schupke

Gender : Male

Margarete Hafner

Character Name : In the Old Apartments

Original Name : Margarete Hafner

Gender : Male

Oliver Herder

Character Name : In the Old Apartments

Original Name : Oliver Herder

Gender : Male

Margitta Haberland

Character Name : In the Old Apartments

Original Name : Margitta Haberland

Gender : Male

Ralf Strathmann

Character Name : In the Old Apartments

Original Name : Ralf Strathmann

Gender : Male

Walter Ratayszak

Character Name : In the Old Apartments

Original Name : Walter Ratayszak

Gender : Male

Charlotte Oberberg

Character Name : In the Old Apartments

Original Name : Charlotte Oberberg

Gender : Male

Lubinka Kostic

Character Name : In the Old Apartments

Original Name : Lubinka Kostic

Gender : Male

Gisela Westerboer

Character Name : On the Highway

Original Name : Gisela Westerboer

Gender : Male

Andreas Valentin

Character Name : On the Highway

Original Name : Andreas Valentin

Gender : Male

Wolf-Dirk Vogeley

Character Name : On the Highway

Original Name : Wolf-Dirk Vogeley

Gender : Male

Ruth Rischke

Character Name : On the Highway

Original Name : Ruth Rischke

Gender : Male

Simon Bonney

Character Name : Crime and The City Solution

Original Name : Simon Bonney

Gender : Male

Harry Howard

Character Name : Crime and The City Solution

Original Name : Harry Howard

Gender : Male

Rowland S. Howard

Character Name : Crime and The City Solution

Original Name : Rowland S. Howard

Gender : Male

Thomas Wydler

Character Name : Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Original Name : Thomas Wydler

Gender : Male

Roland Wolf

Character Name : Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Original Name : Roland Wolf

Gender : Male

Kid Congo Powers

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Kid Congo Powers

Gender : Male

Denis Rodriguez

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Denis Rodriguez

Gender : Male

Dieta von Aster

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Dieta von Aster

Gender : Male

Gustav Geisler

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Gustav Geisler

Gender : Male

Paul Geisler

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Paul Geisler

Gender : Male

Lorenz Geisler

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Lorenz Geisler

Gender : Male

Slađana Kostić

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Slađana Kostić

Gender : Male

Benedikt Schumann

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Benedikt Schumann

Gender : Male

Nicolas Roth

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Nicolas Roth

Gender : Male

Marcus Stenzel

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Marcus Stenzel

Gender : Male

Benjamin Ferchow

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Benjamin Ferchow

Gender : Male

Mario Meyer

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Mario Meyer

Gender : Male

Mark Leuschner

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Mark Leuschner

Gender : Male

Tibor Dahlenburg

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Tibor Dahlenburg

Gender : Male

Lia Harder

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Lia Harder

Gender : Male

Mascha Noak

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Mascha Noak

Gender : Male

Vera Butzek

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Vera Butzek

Gender : Male

Donald Behrendt

Character Name : With the Children

Original Name : Donald Behrendt

Gender : Male

Patric Kreuzer

Character Name :

Original Name : Patric Kreuzer

Gender : Male

Simone Säger

Character Name :

Original Name : Simone Säger

Gender : Male

Gerdi Hofmann

Character Name :

Original Name : Gerdi Hofmann

Gender : Male

Ulrike Schirm

Character Name :

Original Name : Ulrike Schirm

Gender : Female

Hans Marquardt

Character Name :

Original Name : Hans Marquardt

Gender : Male

Heimke Karl

Character Name :

Original Name : Heimke Karl

Gender : Male

Klaus Mausolf

Character Name :

Original Name : Klaus Mausolf

Gender : Male

Özyer Hüsinye

Character Name :

Original Name : Özyer Hüsinye

Gender : Male

Jean-Claude Lezin

Character Name :

Original Name : Jean-Claude Lezin

Gender : Male

Thierry Noir

Character Name :

Original Name : Thierry Noir

Gender : Male

Matthias Maaß

Character Name :

Original Name : Matthias Maaß

Gender : Male

Henry Luczkow

Character Name :

Original Name : Henry Luczkow

Gender : Male

Louis Cochet

Character Name : Circus Spotlight Operator (uncredited)

Original Name : Louis Cochet

Gender : Male

Lina Otto

Character Name : Girl in the Club (uncredited)

Original Name : Lina Otto

Gender : Male

Johanna Penski

Character Name : Flower Seller (uncredited)

Original Name : Johanna Penski

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-12-25

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 world war. Needless to say, there are no shortages of claimants on their compassion and they do what they can to help assuage the difficulties faced by the desperate and the struggling. When he alights on circus trapeze artiste "Marion" (Solveig Dommartin) though, "Daniel" starts to have doubts. His entire raison d'être starts to become compromised as he realises that there are benefits to being mortal, and human, and that being in love is probably the greatest of these. Up until this moment, his life has been intangible and he determines that must change. It's risky though... There are no guarantees! It's a bit of a slow burn so don't expect a great deal to happen quickly. It is, however, quite a potent tale of realising priorities and dealing with demons - some more apparent than others - told in a gradually accumulating, effective and emotionally charged manner. It is not in the least sentimental but just as the angels observe their subjects, we are invited by Wim Wenders to do the same with them - and it's surprisingly effective to watch as some of the questions and challenges facing him could easily be applied to those in the audience. The monochrome photography is also striking and well authenticates the scenario of a desolate and despairing post war environment. Perhaps serendipity takes too big an hand at the end, but... you decide.

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Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2023-02-26

**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 consideration in which this film has been held by a very high number of distinguished critics and specialists; the third is the fact that it's the first West German film I've seen in my life (as far as I know and that I'm aware of). The script, however, couldn't be more tasteless than it turns out to be: the film begins with the turns and wanderings of two angels through the streets and places of West Berlin, observing people's daily lives. Damiel and Cassiel, each in their own way, are interested in human beings. They cannot be seen, except for children, and for a single individual who manages to talk to them, and one of them ends up deciding to become a human being and live a mortal life, on Earth, after falling in love with a woman. circus trapeze artist. In fact, there is no lack of television or literary material about angels who fall in love with humans or who, for other reasons, give up their angelic life and become humans. It seems that there is, among us, a desire to humanize these creatures. In the wake of all this, the film makes a series of philosophical and metaphysical considerations that will only truly interest philosophers, or theologians, or writers in general. Wim Wenders is a director who appreciates this type of ultra-intellectual cinema, made for artistic cycles and festivals, never for the general public, who find it a good substitute for sleeping pills. Personally, I don't like this type of cinema, even though I recognize its artistic merit. Bruno Ganz, on his journey, awakens to the beauty of humanity in an elegant way that borders on poetry. He sees beauty in the most trivial things, which we usually don't, not without an extreme artistic sensitivity that the common individual rarely cultivates. The actor couldn't be more competent in the work he does, and is skilfully assisted by Otto Sander, who has another angelic role. Solveig Dommartin and Peter Falk are also very good additions, with time to show value. The problem with this film is really the excessively slow and cold way in which it unfolds and gradually exposes itself. The pace of the film is so slow that it becomes boring, and I confess that I didn't pay much attention to the permanent monologues. Things improve a lot when Falk enters the scene, giving movement to a bloodless and soporific plot. The closing credits, in German expressionist style, make a direct allusion to the cinematographic past of the city, and of the country, something that Wenders may have done as a tribute, or asserting himself as a continuer of the legacy of the past (which is not as modest as the first idea). Almost the entire film is shot in black-and-white, with cinematography that is very well achieved and worthy of merit. Colors are introduced later, becoming more associated with humanity, that is, with the way we see the world we live in. Original, well thought out. The film does not have a great soundtrack, betting more on monologues and very boring dialogues. Furthermore, the film is practically a city tour of West Berlin, a metropolis that has changed radically in recent years, as we know. The wall is there, even though it was purposely built for the movie and is not the real thing.