Product Overview
Wings Of Desire - A Wim Wenders Film / axiom films DVD Video CD / AXM568
UPC 5060126870180
Running Time: 122 mins.
Language: German with English subtitles
Wings of Desire (German: Der Himmel über Berlin, pronounced [deːɐ̯ ˈhɪml̩ ˈʔyːbɐ bɛʁˈliːn]; lit. 'The Heaven/Sky over Berlin') is a 1987 romantic fantasy film directed by Wim 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.
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Item Description:
Every day, Dammiel (BRUNO GANZ, The American Friend, Downfall listens to the
thoughts of mortals who play their lives out on the streets of West Berlin. He finds
himself entranced by a trapeze artist (SOLVEIG DOMMARTIN, Until the End of the
World) whose eloquent expression of her doubts and fears makes him yearn fora
life where he can feel happiness and love.
Like Michael Powell’s A Matter of Life and Death, the afterlife in WINGS OF DESIRE is a
world in monochrome. Only the living can see in full colour and it is their lives, with
their moments of sorrow and joy, that Wim Wenders captures so eloquently in this
singularly original film that was co-written with PETER HANDKE (The Goalkeeper’s
Fear of the Penalty, Wrong Move).
Winner of the Best Director prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, WINGS OF DESIRE
is both a paean to Germany’s capital and a rumination on human existence, and
remains one of the most vital films ever made.
Special Features:
Feature-Length Commentary With Wim Wenders And Peter Falk
Outtakes And Deleted Scenes
Conversations On Wings Of Desire
Trailer
Exclusive Limited Edition Collector's Booklet
