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Wings of Desire

Original title: Der Himmel über Berlin · Turkish title: Berlin Üzerindeki Gökyüzü

“There are angels on the streets of Berlin.”

1987 · 2 h 8 min
Directed by Wim Wenders
DramaFantasyRomance

Cast

Bruno Ganz Solveig Dommartin Otto Sander

Credits

Written by: Wim Wenders

Plot

An angel watching over Berlin falls in love with a trapeze artist and wants to become human.

Sinekatalog’s take

Wim Wenders's angel watches over Berlin and falls for a trapeze artist. Poetic, black-and-white and colour, it is a dreamy meditation on being human, with a cameo-filled library scene.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (85,092 votes)
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