Wings of Desire (Der Himmel Über Berlin or Les ailes du désir)

Title Wings of Desire (Der Himmel Über Berlin or Les ailes du désir)
Release date
1987
Director
Wim Wenders
Type
Couleur (Eastmancolor), Noir et blanc (Partiel)
Format
Genre
Runtime
68
Importance du cirque
Sypnosis

Two angels, Daniel and Cassiel, come down from heaven in Berlin. They can mix with humans without being seen… They meet a former angel become human, who feels their presence and passes on his faith in humanity to them. One day Daniel finds his way in a circus and meets highwire artist Marion — a life-changing encounter, since he falls for her… A film about desire and about Berlin, a ‘historic place of truth’.

Cast

Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Hans Martin Stier, Elmar Wilms, Sigurd Rachman.

Production company
Road Movies Filmproduktion, Argos Films, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Wim Wenders Stiftung.
Country
Thematic
Notes
Inspired by the art of visible angels around West Berlin, at the time locked by the Berlin Wall, Wenders and author Peter Handke have designed the story and continued to develop the script throughout French co-productions and German.