Wings of Desire (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Bruno Ganz
Damiel
Solveig Dommartin
Marion
Otto Sander
Cassiel
Curt Bois
Homer
Peter Falk
The Filmstar
Hans Martin Stier
The Dying Man
Elmar Wilms
A Sad Man
Sigurd Rachman
The Suicide
Beatrice Manowski
Young Prostitute
Lajos Kovács
Marion's Coach
Bruno Rosaz
The Clown
Laurent Petitgand
The Bandleader
Chick Ortega
The Drummer
Otto Kuhnle
The Juggler
Christoph Merg
The Juggler
Peter Werner
The Manager
Teresa Harder
In the Library - The Angel
Jürgen Heinrich
In the Old Apartments
Annelinde Gerstl
On the Highway
Mick Harvey
Crime and The City Solution / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave
Self - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Blixa Bargeld
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Susanne Vierkötter
In the Circus
Paul Busch
In the Circus
Karin Busch
In the Circus
Irene Moessinger
In the Circus
Franky
In the Circus - Last But Not Least
Daniela Nasimcova
In the Library - The Angel
Bernard Eisenschitz
In the Library - The Angel / Screenplay
Didier Flamand
In the Library - The Angel
Rolf Henke
In the Library - The Angel
Scott Kirby
In the Library - The Angel / Production Assistant
Franck Glemin
In the Library - The Angel / Production Assistant
Jerry Barrish
In the Bunker - The Director
Jeanette Pollak
In the Bunker - The Costume Designer
Christian Bartels
In the Bunker - The 'Hitler Youth'
David Crome
In the Bunker - The Assistant Director
Käthe Fürstenwerth
In the Bunker
Werner Schönrock
In the Bunker
Bernd Ramien
In the Bunker
Erika Rabau
In the Bunker
Silvia Blagojeva Itscherenska
In the Bunker
Sultan Meral
In the Bunker
Olivier Picot
In the Bunker
Jochen Gliscinsky
In the Bunker
Erich Schupke
In the Bunker
Margarete Hafner
In the Old Apartments
Oliver Herder
In the Old Apartments
Margitta Haberland
In the Old Apartments
Ralf Strathmann
In the Old Apartments / Still Photographer
Walter Ratayszak
In the Old Apartments
Charlotte Oberberg
In the Old Apartments
Lubinka Kostic
In the Old Apartments
Gisela Westerboer
On the Highway
Andreas Valentin
On the Highway
Wolf-Dirk Vogeley
On the Highway
Ruth Rischke
On the Highway
Simon Bonney
Crime and The City Solution
Harry Howard
Crime and The City Solution
Rowland S. Howard
Crime and The City Solution
Thomas Wydler
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Roland Wolf
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Kid Congo Powers
Self
Denis Rodriguez
With the Children
Dieta von Aster
With the Children
Gustav Geisler
With the Children
Paul Geisler
With the Children
Lorenz Geisler
With the Children
Slađana Kostić
With the Children
Benedikt Schumann
With the Children
Nicolas Roth
With the Children
Marcus Stenzel
With the Children
Benjamin Ferchow
With the Children
Mario Meyer
With the Children
Mark Leuschner
With the Children
Tibor Dahlenburg
With the Children
Lia Harder
With the Children
Mascha Noak
With the Children
Vera Butzek
With the Children
Donald Behrendt
With the Children
Louis Cochet
Circus Spotlight Operator (uncredited) / Assistant Camera
Lina Otto
Girl in the Club (uncredited)
Johanna Penski
Flower Seller (uncredited)
Wim Wenders
Director / Producer / Screenplay
Peter Handke
Screenplay
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Henri Alekan
Director of Photography
Richard Reitinger
Screenplay
Victor Leitenbauer
Makeup Artist
Heidi Lüdi
Art Direction
Klaus Bieling
Best Boy Electric
Claire Denis
First Assistant Director
Hartmut Eichgrün
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Andrei Tarkovsky
In Memory Of
Pascale Dauman
Associate Producer / Production Consultant
Monika Jacobs
Costume Design
Joachim von Mengershausen
Associate Producer
Regina Huyer
Makeup Artist
Ingrid Windisch
Executive Producer
Barbara von Wrangell
Unit Manager
Herbert Kerz
Unit Manager
Werner Mooser
Assistant Set Decoration
Markus Pluta
Set Designer
Peter Ch. Arnold
Additional Camera
Achim Poulheim
Focus Puller
Peter Alteneder
Property Master
Axel Arft
Sound
Alexander Korn
Set Designer
Jean-Paul Mugel
Sound
Uwe Thalmann
Sound Assistant
Henrik Gross
Assistant Property Master
Martin Kukula
Additional Camera
Leni Pütz-Savieto
Assistant Editor
Carola Hochgräf
Third Assistant Director
Dave Pultz
Color Timer
Klemens Becker
Helicopter Camera
Anne Schnee
Assistant Editor
Hans Seck
Stunts
Dieter Bähr
Grip
Claus Gerling
Lighting Technician
Klaus Krieger
Helicopter Camera
Knut Winkler
Second Assistant Director
Joost van der Velden
Sculptor
Martin Karlinski
Production Driver
Claude Lalanne
Sculptor
Esther Walz
Property Master
Thomas Gosda
Lighting Technician
Bernd Hübner
Gaffer
Dieter Dentzer
Lighting Technician
Ruediger Kersting
Production Driver
Agnès Godard
Assistant Camera
Gabriele Mattner
Script Supervisor
François Lehr
Thanks
Dieter Stempnierwsky
Production Driver
Catherine Coste
Production Secretary
Major Gick
Thanks
Barbara von Weitershausen
Thanks
Inge Ruf
Production Accountant
Yasujirō Ozu
In Memory Of
Wolfgang Rapior
Catering
Chris Sievernich
Production Consultant
Marie-Christine Malbert
Publicist
Pierre Bergam
Thanks
Ulla Zwicker
Production Coordinator
François Truffaut
In Memory Of
Mickey Cottrell
Publicist
Annette Seggert
Catering
Uli Mayer
Title Designer
Ulla Fukosawa-Oberbeckmann
Thanks
Klaus Mausolf
Simone Säger
Özyer Hüsinye
Jean-Claude Lezin
Patric Kreuzer
Gerdi Hofmann
Ulrike Schirm
Hans Marquardt
Heimke Karl
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 23, 1987
Original NameDer Himmel über Berlin
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$2,500,000
Box Office$3,210,139
Filming LocationsWest Berlin, Allied-occupied Germany
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Wings of Desire (German: Der Himmel über Berlin, pronounced [deːɐ̯ ˈhɪml̩ ˈʔyːbɐ bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ; lit. 'The Heaven/Sky over Berlin') is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger, and directed by Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Even though the city is densely populated, many of the people are isolated or estranged from their loved ones. One of the angels, played by Bruno Ganz, falls in love with a beautiful, lonely trapeze artist, played by Solveig Dommartin. The angel chooses to become mortal so that he can experience human sensory pleasures, ranging from enjoying food to touching a loved one, and so that he can discover human love with the trapeze artist.
Inspired by art depicting angels visible around West Berlin, at the time encircled by the Berlin Wall, Wenders and author Peter Handke conceived of the story and continued to develop the screenplay throughout the French and German co-production. The film was shot by Henri Alekan in both colour and a sepia-toned black-and-white, the latter being used to represent the world as seen by the angels. The cast includes Otto Sander, Curt Bois and Peter Falk.
For Wings of Desire, Wenders won awards for Best Director at both the Cannes Film Festival and European Film Awards. The film was a critical and financial success, and academics have interpreted it as a statement of the importance of cinema, libraries, the circus, or German unity, containing New Age, religious, secular or other themes.
It was followed by a sequel, Faraway, So Close!, released in 1993. City of Angels, a U.S. remake, was released in 1998. In 1990, numerous critics named Wings of Desire as one of the best films of the 1980s.