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Wings of Desire (1988)

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Movie"There are angels on the streets of Berlin."
Audience Score
78
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PG-13 2 hr 8 minApr 29th, 1988Fantasy, Drama, RomanceDamiel and Cassiel Collection PosterPart of Damiel and Cassiel Collection
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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.
StarringBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto Sander
DirectorWim Wenders

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 29th, 1988
Movie Budget:$2,500,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$3,210,139 (Worldwide)
Original Language:German
Executive Producers:Ingrid Windisch
Production Companies:Road Movies, Argos films, WDR, Wim Wenders Stiftung
Wings of Desire on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
black and whitedreamsdramaticberlin, germanycircusmelancholyambiguousthoughtfulangelimmortality

Damiel and Cassiel Collection

This collection includes Wings of Desire, a 1987 romantic fantasy film about angels who populate Berlin, and its sequel, Faraway, So Close!, released in 1993. City of Angels, a U.S. remake, was released in 1998.