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Released Year: 1987
Runtime: 128 minutes
Directors: Wim Wenders
Casts: Nick Cave, Nick Cave, Peter Falk, Hans Martin Stier, Bruno Ganz, Blixa Bargeld, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Beatrice Manowski, Elmar Wilms, Chick Ortega, Sigurd Rachman, Teresa Harder, Jürgen Heinrich, Annelinde Gerstl, Mick Harvey, Lina Otto
IMDB: Wings of Desire (1987)
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Chicago Sun-Times -
Astonishing things happen and symbolism can only work by being apparent. For me, the film is like music or a landscape: It clears a space in my mind, and in that space I can consider questions. (Review of Original Release)
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Variety -
Wim Wenders returns to Germany with a sublimely beautiful, deeply romantic film for our times. (Review of Original Release)
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Washington Post -
Wings is a soaring vision that appeals to the senses and the spirit. (Review of Original Release)
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Chicago Reader -
The conceit gets a little out of hand after one of the angels falls in love with the trapeze artist and decides to become human; but prior to this, Wings of Desire is one of Wenders's most stunning achievements.
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Time -
Wings of Desire works hard to be both an essay and a love story, a mural and an intimate portrait. To savor this film, the viewer must work hard too. But when the artists behind the screen and the angels in the audience meet, it's like a smoke and coffee: fantastic! (1998 May 9, p. 79)
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Wings of Desire (1987)
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Wings of Desire (1987)
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Information
Released Year: 1987
Runtime: 128 minutes
Directors: Wim Wenders
Casts: Nick Cave, Nick Cave, Peter Falk, Hans Martin Stier, Bruno Ganz, Blixa Bargeld, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Beatrice Manowski, Elmar Wilms, Chick Ortega, Sigurd Rachman, Teresa Harder, Jürgen Heinrich, Annelinde Gerstl, Mick Harvey, Lina Otto
IMDB: Wings of Desire (1987)
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Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
Astonishing things happen and symbolism can only work by being apparent. For me, the film is like music or a landscape: It clears a space in my mind, and in that space I can consider questions. (Review of Original Release)
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Variety -
Wim Wenders returns to Germany with a sublimely beautiful, deeply romantic film for our times. (Review of Original Release)
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Washington Post -
Wings is a soaring vision that appeals to the senses and the spirit. (Review of Original Release)
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Chicago Reader -
The conceit gets a little out of hand after one of the angels falls in love with the trapeze artist and decides to become human; but prior to this, Wings of Desire is one of Wenders's most stunning achievements.
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Time -
Wings of Desire works hard to be both an essay and a love story, a mural and an intimate portrait. To savor this film, the viewer must work hard too. But when the artists behind the screen and the angels in the audience meet, it's like a smoke and coffee: fantastic! (1998 May 9, p. 79)
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Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
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Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.