Wings of Desire
“There are angels on the streets of Berlin.”
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Cast
Bruno Ganz 
Solveig Dommartin 
Otto Sander
Credits
Written by: 
Wim Wenders
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
Wim Wenders's angel watches over Berlin and falls for a trapeze artist. Poetic, black-and-white and colour, it is a dreamy meditation on being human, with a cameo-filled library scene.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Cannes Film Festival 1987: Best Director (Cannes Best Director Award) — Wim Wenders
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (85,092 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
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