Wings of Desire

• 7.766 Drama
• 1987-09-23
• 128 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writer:

Peter Handke Richard Reitinger Wim Wenders Bernard Eisenschitz