Wings of Desire

Year:

1988

Duration:

128 min

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance

IMDB rate:

8.1

Director:

Wim Wenders

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 21 wins & 7 nominations

Details

Country: West Germany

Release Date: 1988-05-06

Filming Locations: Cinema Paris - Kurfürstendamm 211, Berlin, Germany

Earnings

Gross: $3,806,540 (USA) (20 September 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Solveig Dommartin

Wings of Desire

Bruno Ganz

Damiel

Otto Sander

Cassiel

Curt Bois

Homer

Peter Falk

Der Filmstar

Hans Martin Stier

In weiteren Rollen - Der Sterbende

Elmar Wilms

In weiteren Rollen - Ein trauriger Mann

Sigurd Rachman

In weiteren Rollen - Der Selbstmörder

Beatrice Manowski

In weiteren Rollen - Das Strichmädchen

Lajos Kovács

Im Zirkus - Marion's Trainer

Bruno Rosaz

Im Zirkus - Der Clown

Laurent Petitgand

Im Zirkus - Der Kapellmeister

Chick Ortega

Im Zirkus - Der Schlagzeuger (as Chico Rojo Ortega)

Otto Kuhnle

Im Zirkus - Die Jongleure

Christoph Merg

Im Zirkus - Der Jongleure

Peter Werner

Im Zirkus - Der Manager

Susanne Vierkötter

Im Zirkus

Paul Busch

Im Zirkus

Karin Busch

Im Zirkus

Irene Moessinger

Im Zirkus (as Irene Mössinger)

Franky

Im Zirkus - last but not least

Teresa Harder

In der Bibliothek - Die Engel

Daniela Nasimcova

In der Bibliothek - Die Engel

Bernard Eisenschitz

In der Bibliothek - Die Engel

Didier Flamand

In der Bibliothek - Die Engel

Rolf Henke

In der Bibliothek - Die Engel

Scott Kirby

In der Bibliothek - Die Engel

Franck Glemin

In der Bibliothek - Die Engel

Jerry Barrish

Im Bunker - Der Regisseur

Jeanette Pollak

Im Bunker - Die Kostümbildnerin

Christian Bartels

Im Bunker - Der 'Hitlerjunge'

David Crome

Im Bunker - Der Regieassistent

Käthe Fürstenwerth

Im Bunker

Werner Schönrock

Im Bunker

Bernd Ramien

Im Bunker

Erika Rabau

Im Bunker

Silvia Blagojeva Itscherenska

Im Bunker

Sultan Meral

Im Bunker

Olivier Picot

Im Bunker

Jochen Gliscinsky

Im Bunker

Erich Schupke

Im Bunker

Margarete Hafner

In den Altbauwohnungen

Oliver Herder

In den Altbauwohnungen

Margitta Haberland

In den Altbauwohnungen

Jürgen Heinrich

In den Altbauwohnungen

Ralf Strathmann

In den Altbauwohnungen

Walter Ratayszak

In den Altbauwohnungen

Charlotte Oberberg

In den Altbauwohnungen

Lubinka Kostic

In den Altbauwohnungen

Gisela Westerboer

Auf der Autobahn

Andreas Valentin

Auf der Autobahn

Annelinde Gerstl

Auf der Autobahn (as Anne Gerstl)

Wolf-Dirk Vogeley

Auf der Autobahn

Ruth Rischke

Auf der Autobahn

Familie Ayik

Auf der Autobahn

Simon Bonney

Crime and The City Solution

Mick Harvey

Crime and The City Solution /

Harry Howard

Crime and The City Solution

Rowland S. Howard

Crime and The City Solution (as Rowland Howard)

Kevin Godfrey

Crime and The City Solution (as Epic Soundtracks)

Nick Cave

Himself - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Thomas Wydler

Himself - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Blixa Bargeld

Himself - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Roland Wolf

Himself - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Kid Congo Powers

Himself - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (as Kid Congo)

Denis Rodriguez

Mit den Kindern

Dieta von Aster

Mit den Kindern

Gustav Geisler

Mit den Kindern

Paul Geisler

Mit den Kindern

Lorenz Geisler

Mit den Kindern

Sladjana Kostic

Mit den Kindern

Benedikt Schumann

Mit den Kindern

Nicolas Roth

Mit den Kindern

Marcus Stenzel

Mit den Kindern

Benjamin Ferchow

Mit den Kindern

Mario Meyer

Mit den Kindern

Mark Leuschner

Mit den Kindern

Tibor Dahlenburg

Mit den Kindern

Lia Harder

Mit den Kindern

Mascha Noak

Mit den Kindern

Vera Butzek

Mit den Kindern

Donald Behrendt

Mit den Kindern

Patric Kreuzer

Simone Säger

Gerdi Hofmann

Ulrike Schirm

Hans Marquardt

Heimke Karl

Klaus Mausolf

Ozyer Hüsinye

Jean-Claude Lezin

Thierry Noir

Matthias Maaß

Henry Luczkow

Lina Otto

Mädchen im Club (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Wim Wenders originally wanted Peter Handke to collaborate on the script. Handke declined to work on the script as a whole but agreed to write a set number of important scenes which Wenders could then work around.

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(at arounf 1 hr 29 mins) The graffiti behind the food cart (where Peter Falk greets the angel) reads "wer bunker baut wirft bomben" which translates to "who builds bunker throws bombs"

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The scene where Otto Sander is shown riding a bus looking morose, with his head in his hands, was shot that way because the actor had developed a large bald spot on the day of shooting and makeup couldn't hide it.

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Goofs

In one of the opening shots where the camera circles a tower, more like a radio transmitting one, the spinning helicopter blades can be seen at the top of the frame

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When Cassiel is crossing the street, there is a bus coming. You can hear the bus driver let off the accelerator to allow the actor to pass, and then accelerate when he is clear. But the character is an angel, which adults cannot see, yet by the sound of the bus, it is clear that the bus driver sees him.

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The position of the boys' jump-ball changes as Bruno passes by.

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Quotes

Peter Falk: Yellow star means death. Why did they pick yellow...? Sunflowers. Van Gogh killed himself...

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Marion: Longing. Longing for a wave of love that would stir in me. That's what makes me clumsy. The absence of pleasure. Desire for love. Desire to love.

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Homer, the aged poet: Must I give up now? If I do give up, then mankind will lose its storyteller. And if mankind once loses its storyteller, then it will lose its childhood.

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Faq

Q

What does the Japanese woman say in the rock club?

A

There is a scene where Damiel visits a rock club and smiles after overhearing the thoughts of a Japanese woman in the crowd. On the Criterion DVD the voice over of the woman's thoughts are not subtitled. They are however subtitled on the earlier VHS editions as follows:"I'm glad I came here. I don't hear everything. The people aren't watching. Maybe Heaven is watching."

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