Film

Wings of Desire

1987 · 2h 8m · Drama · Fantasy · Romance

There are angels on the streets of Berlin.

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

Metacritic

79

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.

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

Bruno Rosaz

The Clown

Laurent Petitgand

The Bandleader

Chick Ortega

The Drummer

Otto Kuhnle

The Juggler

Christoph Merg

The Juggler

Peter Werner

The Manager

Teresa Harder

In the Library - The Angel

• Wim WendersDirector · Producer · Screenplay
• Peter HandkeScreenplay
• Richard ReitingerScreenplay
• Bernard EisenschitzScreenplay
• Anatole DaumanProducer
• Ingrid WindischExecutive Producer
• Henri AlekanDirector of Photography
• Jürgen KnieperOriginal Music Composer
• Peter PrzygoddaEditor

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Release date

September 23, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

2h 8m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$2,500,000

Revenue

$3,548,590

Genres

Drama, Fantasy, Romance

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