Wings of Desire

Der Himmel über Berlin

MS12

Genre

Drama, Fantasy

Director

Wim Wenders

Run time

2h 7min

Cast

Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Peter Falk

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, are wandering in a mixture of post-war and modern Berlin. Invisible to humans, they nevertheless give their help and comfort to all the lonely and depressed souls they meet. Finally, after many centuries, one of the angels becomes unhappy with his immortal state and wishes to become human in order to experience the joys of everyday life. He meets a circus acrobat Marion and finds in her the fufillment of all his mortal desires. He also discovers that he is not alone in making this cross over, and that a purely spiritual experience is not enough to satisfy anyone.

Germany / France 1987

Genre

Drama, Fantasy

Director

Wim Wenders

Run time

2h 7min

Cast

Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Peter Falk

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, are wandering in a mixture of post-war and modern Berlin. Invisible to humans, they nevertheless give their help and comfort to all the lonely and depressed souls they meet. Finally, after many centuries, one of the angels becomes unhappy with his immortal state and wishes to become human in order to experience the joys of everyday life. He meets a circus acrobat Marion and finds in her the fufillment of all his mortal desires. He also discovers that he is not alone in making this cross over, and that a purely spiritual experience is not enough to satisfy anyone.

Germany / France 1987

Info

Rating

Under 12 Not Recommended

Production year

1987

Global distributor

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Local distributor

Goethe-Institut

In cinema

8/31/2015