WINGS OF DESIRE
by Wim Wenders
synopsis
Visible only to those like them and to human children, Damiel and Cassiel are two angels, who have existed even before humankind. Along with several other angels, they currently wander around West Berlin, generally on their own, observing and preserving life, sometimes trying to provide comfort to the troubled, although those efforts are not always successful. Among those they are currently observing are: the cast and crew of a movie - a detective story set in WWII Nazi Germany - which include a sensitive and perceptive Peter Falk; an elderly man named Homer looking for eternal peace; and the troupe of a financially failing circus, which has closed early for the season because of those financial problems. One day, Damiel tells Cassiel that he wants to become human, to feel not only the sensory aspects of physical beings, but also emotional aspects. He embarks on this thought with the full realization that there is no turning back if he decides to do so. His thoughts are largely ...
international title: | Wings of Desire |
original title: | Der Himmel über Berlin |
country: | Germany, France |
year: | 1987 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Wim Wenders |
film run: | 128' |
release date: | FR 17/05/1987, CH 08/1987, DE 29/10/1987, AT 10/1987, DK 20/11/1987, IT 10/12/1987, PT 01/01/1988, ES 15/01/1988, SE 26/02/1988, NL 03/03/1988, FI 08/07/1988, UK 1988, TR 19/01/1990, HU 10/05/1990, CZ 16/01/2002, GR 17/11/2006, BG 06/03/2007 |
screenplay: | Wim Wenders, Peter Handke, Richard Reitinger |
cast: | Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander |
cinematography by: | Henri Alekan |
film editing: | Peter Przygodda |
costumes designer: | Monika Jacobs |
producer: | Anatole Dauman, Wim Wenders |
executive producer: | Ingrid Windisch |
associate producer: | Pascale Dauman, Joachim von Mengershausen |