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Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) (1988)

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Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz
Damiel
Otto Sander Otto Sander
Cassiel
Curt Bois Curt Bois
Homer
Peter Falk Peter Falk
Der Filmstar
Hans Martin Stier Hans Martin Stier
In weiteren Rollen - Der Sterbende
Sigurd Rachman Sigurd Rachman
In weiteren Rollen - Der Selbstmörder
Beatrice Manowski Beatrice Manowski
In weiteren Rollen - Das Strichmädchen


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A good movie

13 years, 7 months ago at May 16 14:59
It is definitely one of the movies that I absolutely need to re-watch at some point. Still, I remember very well the first time I saw the damned thing. Indeed, at some point, I saw ‘Paris, Texas’, I was completely blown away by the whole thing and it immediately became one of the best movies I had ever seen.  With this in mind, I was really eager to check Wim Wenders’s follow-up and since i... read more

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11 years, 9 months ago at Feb 28 12:09
I saw this film a few years ago and at the time hadn't seen any Wenders films. But right from the start I knew it was going to be something totally different. The reason I wanted to see it in the first place was my interest in the history of the Berlin Wall.
The film is so beautifully made, it's slow and surrealistic even though the setting is real. The angels are exactly what I think angel... read more

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7 months, 2 weeks ago at Apr 28 15:00
(MU) Envejecen los ángeles? Los de Wenders sí, pero resiste la iconicidad de ciertos momentos, la calidad de monólogos de Handke, la actuación relajada de Falk. Solveig Dommartin, actirz y personaje sí han envejecido bastante...o
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This Wim Wenders film centers around the story of two angels 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 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.
Release date: 6 May 1988
UPC: 027616887450
Tags: 1980s (23), Germany (18), Drama (17), Romance (16), Fantasy (15), Berlin (13), 1987 (13), Angels (11), German (10), Circus (8), Surrealism (7), Black & White (6), Friendship (5), Angel (5), Depression (4), Afterlife (4), Hat (4), Religion (3), Library (3), Diary (3)
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