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Wings of Desire
1987
Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are angels who watch over the city of Berlin. They don't have harps or wings (well, they usually don't have wings) and they prefer overcoats to gossamer gowns. But they can travel unseen through the city, listening to people's thoughts, watching their actions and studying their .. Read more
| Starring | Nastassja Kiniski, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper, Udo Kier |
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| Director | Wim Wenders |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Wings of Desire
Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are angels who watch over the city of Berlin. They don't have harps or wings (well, they usually don't have wings) and they prefer overcoats to gossamer gowns. But they can travel unseen through the city, listening to people's thoughts, watching their actions and studying their lives. While they can make their presence felt in small ways, only children and other angels can see them. They spend their days serenely observing, unable to interact with people, and they feel neither pain nor joy. One day, Damiel finds his way into a circus and sees Marion (Solveig Dommartin), a high-wire artist, practicing her act; he is immediately smitten. After the owners of the circus tell the company that the show is out of money and must disband, Marion sinks into a funk, shuffling back to her trailer to ponder what to do next. As he watches her, Damiel makes a decision: he wants to be human, and he wants to be with Marion, to lift her spirits and, if need be, to share her pain. Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire is a remarkable modern fairy tale about the nature of being alive. The angels witness the gamut of human emotions, and they experience the luxury of simple pleasures (even a cup of coffee and a cigarette) as ones who've never known them. From the angels' viewpoint, Berlin is seen in gorgeous black-and-white -- strikingly beautiful but unreal; when they join the humans, the image shifts to rough but natural-looking color, and the waltz-like grace of the angels' drift through the city changes to a harsher rhythm. Peter Falk appears as himself, revealing a secret that we may not have known about the man who played Columbo, and there's also a brief but powerful appearance by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. Wings of Desire hinges on the intangible and elusive, and it builds something beautiful from those qualities.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Nastassja Kiniski, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper, Udo Kier, Ronee Blakley, Lisa Kreuzer, Dean Stockwell, Rudiger Vogler, Hans Christian Blech, Bruno Ganz, Peter Falk, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Otto Sander |
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| Director | Wim Wenders |
| Studio | FUSION MEDIA |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 2 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 2 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 2 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Collections | Germany vs Australia |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: German, English Blu-ray: German LOVEFiLM Instant: German, English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1987 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 08 Apr 2011 To Rent: DVD: 14 Jul 2008 Blu-ray: 22 Feb 2010 |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
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"...[WINGS OF DESIRE] has a loveliness of conception that, for a time, keeps it as feathery as an angel's wings....Wender's mpst ambitous effort yet, and [it] certainly radiates immense promise..."
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pretentious, moi ?
I love Wim Wenders, and Paris Texas still stands as a classic European view of American society's interesting underbelly.
I watched Wings of ... read more » - 18278
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Tedious and dull
Well produced and performed, but not easy to engage with the characters or the situation. Overall simply tiresome, especially having to read the subtitles.
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Pure cinematic quality
I loved this film. Wenders is brilliant at exploiting the cinematic quality of locations which he does brilliantly with Berlin here. Ok, some of the monologue ... read more »
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Disappointing film
Not the sort of film to warm your heart.
Rather depressing and it does not develop in any way.
And has dated rather badly. - 1074986
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Wings of Desire - Blu-ray
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. One of the angels wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the ...
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Wings of Desire
Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are angels who watch over the city of Berlin. They don't have harps or wings (well, they usually don't have wings) and they prefer overcoats to gossamer gowns. But they can travel unseen through the city, listening to people's thoughts, watching their ...
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