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Wings of Desire (1987) [PG-13]

Release Date:
September 23, 1987

Original Title:
Der Himmel über Berlin

Alternate Titles:
As Asas do Desejo
Berliinin taivaan alla
Cerul deasupra Berlinului
El cielo sobre Berlín
Heaven Over Berlin
Himmelen over Berlin
Il cielo sopra Berlino
Las alas del deseo
Les ailes du désir
Lidenskapens vinger
The Sky Over Berlin
Τα Φτερά του Έρωτα
Небо над Берлином
ベルリン・天使の詩
柏林蒼穹下
베를린 천사의 시

Genres:
Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Production Companies:
Argos Film Productions
Argos Films
Road Movies
WDR
Wim Wenders Stiftung

Production Countries:
France | Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  AU: M  BR: 12  CH: 6  CZ: U  DE: 6  FR: TP  GB: 12A  KR: 12  NL: 12  PT: M/12  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 128

There are angels on the streets of Berlin.

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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.

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Production

Additional Camera:
Peter Ch. Arnold
Martin Kukula

Art Direction:
Heidi Lüdi

Assistant Camera:
Louis Cochet
Agnès Godard

Assistant Editor:
Leni Pütz-Savieto
Anne Schnee

Assistant Property Master:
Henrik Gross

Assistant Set Decoration:
Werner Mooser

Associate Producer:
Pascale Dauman
Joachim von Mengershausen

Best Boy Electric:
Klaus Bieling

Catering:
Wolfgang Rapior
Annette Seggert

Color Timer:
Dave Pultz

Costume Design:
Monika Jacobs

Director:
Wim Wenders

Director of Photography:
Henri Alekan

Editor:
Peter Przygodda

Executive Producer:
Ingrid Windisch

First Assistant Director:
Claire Denis

Focus Puller:
Achim Poulheim

Gaffer:
Bernd Hübner

Grip:
Dieter Bähr

Helicopter Camera:
Klemens Becker
Klaus Krieger

In Memory Of:
Andrei Tarkovsky
Yasujirō Ozu
François Truffaut

Lighting Technician:
Dieter Dentzer
Claus Gerling
Thomas Gosda

Makeup Artist:
Victor Leitenbauer
Regina Huyer

Original Music Composer:
Jürgen Knieper

Painter:
Thierry Noir

Producer:
Wim Wenders
Anatole Dauman

Production Accountant:
Inge Ruf

Production Assistant:
Franck Glemin
Scott Kirby

Production Consultant:
Pascale Dauman
Chris Sievernich

Production Coordinator:
Ulla Zwicker

Production Driver:
Martin Karlinski
Ruediger Kersting
Dieter Stempnierwsky

Production Secretary:
Catherine Coste

Property Master:
Peter Alteneder
Esther Walz

Publicist:
Mickey Cottrell
Marie-Christine Malbert

Screenplay:
Peter Handke
Richard Reitinger
Wim Wenders
Bernard Eisenschitz

Script Supervisor:
Gabriele Mattner

Sculptor:
Claude Lalanne
Joost van der Velden

Second Assistant Director:
Knut Winkler

Set Designer:
Alexander Korn
Markus Pluta

Sound:
Axel Arft
Jean-Paul Mugel

Sound Assistant:
Uwe Thalmann

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Hartmut Eichgrün

Still Photographer:
Ralf Strathmann

Stunts:
Hans Seck

Thanks:
Pierre Bergam
Ulla Fukosawa-Oberbeckmann
Major Gick
François Lehr
Barbara von Weitershausen

Third Assistant Director:
Carola Hochgräf

Title Designer:
Uli Mayer

Unit Manager:
Herbert Kerz
Barbara von Wrangell

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