Wings of Desire

1987 · directed by Wim Wenders

Rating
82/100
Hit
yes

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.

Wings of Desire (1987), directed by Wim Wenders, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Bruno Ganz
  • Solveig Dommartin
  • Otto Sander
  • Curt Bois
  • Peter Falk
  • Hans Martin Stier
  • Elmar Wilms
  • Sigurd Rachman
  • Beatrice Manowski
  • Bruno Rosaz

Crew

  • Henri Alekan — Director of Photography
  • Peter Przygodda — Editor
  • Jürgen Knieper — Original Music Composer
  • Bernard Eisenschitz — Screenplay
  • Peter Handke — Screenplay
  • Richard Reitinger — Screenplay
  • Wim Wenders — Screenplay

More from Wim Wenders

  1. Paris, Texas (1984) — 95/100 · hit
  2. Kings of the Road (1976) — 85/100 · hit
  3. The Salt of the Earth (2014) — 85/100 · hit
  4. Alice in the Cities (1974) — 82/100 · hit
  5. Perfect Days (2023) — 82/100 · hit
  6. Pina (2011) — 81/100 · hit

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