Wings of Desire is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger, and directed by Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Even though the city is densely populated, many of the people are isolated or estranged from their loved ones. One of the angels, played by Bruno Ganz, falls in love with a beautiful, lonely trapeze artist, played by Solveig Dommartin. The angel chooses to become mortal so that he can experience human sensory pleasures, ranging from enjoying food to touching a loved one, and so that he can discover human love with the trapeze artist.
Wings of Desire (1987)
Directed by Wim Wenders
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Box Office
$3,474,814
Themes
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Angel, Berlin, Berlin Germany, Berlin Wall, Circus, Cult, Dark, Dream, Immortality, Library, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Mortality
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Filming Location: West Berlin
Narrative Location: Berlin
Subject: angel, Berlin, human nature, immortality, mortality, romantic love
Time Period: 1980s
Narrative Location: Berlin
Subject: angel, Berlin, human nature, immortality, mortality, romantic love
Time Period: 1980s
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Alternate Titles
Alas del deseo
UY
As Asas do Desejo
PT
Asas do Desejo
BR
Berliini taevas
EE
Berliinin taivaan alla
FI
Berlin felett az ég
HU
Berlin Üzerindeki Gökyüzü
TR
Berurin Tenshi no Uta
JP
Cerul deasupra Berlinului
RO
Cielo sobre Berlín
ES
Dangus virš Berlyno
LT
Der Himmel über Berlin
AU, AT, CA, DE
Heaven Over Berlin
US
Himlen over Berlin
DK
Himmel över Berlin
FI, SE
Himmelen over Berlin
NO
Il cielo sopra Berlino
IT
Las alas del deseo
AR, CL, MX, PE
Les ailes du désir
CA, FR
Lidenskapens vinger
NO
Nebo nad Berlinom
HR, RS, SI
Niebo nad Berlinem
PL
The Sky Above Berlin
US
The Sky Over Berlin
US
Under Berlins Himmel
FI
Wings of Desire
AU, CA, GR, IN, IL, KR, NL, GB, US
Τα φτερά του έρωτα
GR
Криле на желанието
BG
Небето над Берлин
BG
Небо над Берліном
UA
Небо над Берлином
RU, SU
ベルリン・天使の詩
JP
慾望之翼
TW
柏林苍穹下
CN
柏林蒼穹下
HK
베를린 천사의 시
KR