Wings of Desire

4.50
    Wings of Desire
    1987

    Synopsis

    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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    Cast

    • Bruno GanzDamiel
    • Solveig DommartinMarion
    • Otto SanderCassiel
    • Curt BoisHomer
    • Peter FalkThe Filmstar
    • Hans Martin StierThe Dying Man
    • Elmar WilmsA Sad Man
    • Sigurd RachmanThe Suicide
    • Beatrice ManowskiYoung Prostitute
    • Lajos KovácsMarion's Coach

    Recommandations

    • 100

      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)
    • 100

      Variety

      Wim Wenders returns to Germany with a sublimely beautiful, deeply romantic film for our times. (Review of Original Release)
    • 100

      Washington Post

      Wings is a soaring vision that appeals to the senses and the spirit. (Review of Original Release)
    • 90

      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.
    • 90

      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)
    • 80

      The A.V. Club

      Though Wings Of Desire has a classic look, its mood and style is New Wave in every sense of the term. The synthesis of deep thought, leisurely pacing, and stunning visuals is in the spirit of work by the young European filmmakers of the '60s and '70s. (Reviewed in 2003 for DVD Release)
    • 80

      Washington Post

      An ingratiating West German "Heaven Can Wait." (Review of Original Release)
    • 50

      The New Republic

      Its very existence as a film sets up expectations that wouldn't exist within a book -- another reason I'd bet that there would be more pleasure in reading the screenplay. I can't remember ever thinking that previously about a film. (1998 May 23, p. 26)

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