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Wings of Desire

Fantasy Drama Romance

1987, Movie, 2h 8min

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. 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. Made not long before the fall of the Berlin wall, this stunning tapestry of sounds and images, shot in black and white and color by the legendary Henri Alekan, is movie poetry. And it forever made the name Wim Wenders synonymous with film art.

"Wings of Desire" — fantasy, drama and romance movie produced in Germany and France and released in 1987. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.9 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 2h 8min. "Wings of Desire" is currently available to stream on Max, The Criterion Channel and Amazon Prime ⎥ MAX and for rent and to buy on Apple TV, Amazon Store and Fandango at Home. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

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Reviews

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...a cinema of ideas, almost an essay movie, and utterly distinctive.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Ian Nathan

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...remains a beautiful, literate and romantic piece of cinema.

Read full review at Empire

Michael Thomsen

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Dialogen kan godt virke lidt klodset ind imellem, men god 'fantasy-film' for voksne om engle i Berlin. Vilde billeder af byen før Berlinmurens fald, inkl. nogle få scener i farver. Nick Cave optræder i slutningen.

3 years ago

Stephanie Louise Elaine Heinz

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Fantastisk film, vacker i sin enkelhet men ändå ett djup som få filmer fångar.

10 months ago

Frequently asked questions

What is Wings of Desire about? Toggle content

In a divided Berlin, two angels roam the streets, unseen and unheard by its inhabitants. Damiel and Cassiel's existence is to observe and listen to the thoughts of Berliners, from a pregnant woman in an ambulance to a broken man feeling betrayed by his wife. While Cassiel remains detached, Damiel falls in love with a lonely circus trapeze artist named Marion. Actor Peter Falk arrives in West Berlin to make a film about the city's Nazi past and senses Damiel's presence. He tells him about the pleasures of human existence, persuading Damiel to shed his immortality. Experiencing life for the first time, he tastes food, drinks coffee but bleeds and sees colors like never before. Meanwhile, Cassiel tries to save a young man from committing suicide but fails. Touched by Marion's loneliness and Falk's words, Damiel decides to trade his wings for humanity as he discovers love amongst the ruins of post-war Berlin.

What movies are similar to Wings of Desire? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Wings of Desire include Edward Scissorhands, Ghost, Always, Big, Made in Heaven, Defending Your Life.

When was Wings of Desire released in theaters? Toggle content

Wings of Desire was released in theaters on April 29, 1988.