Ein Engel ist es leid, über die Menschen und ihr Tun zu wachen, und möchte auch zum Menschen werden, als er sich in eine Sterbliche verliebt.Ein Engel ist es leid, über die Menschen und ihr Tun zu wachen, und möchte auch zum Menschen werden, als er sich in eine Sterbliche verliebt.Ein Engel ist es leid, über die Menschen und ihr Tun zu wachen, und möchte auch zum Menschen werden, als er sich in eine Sterbliche verliebt.
- Nominiert für 1 BAFTA Award
- 18 Gewinne & 14 Nominierungen insgesamt
- In weiteren Rollen - Der Sterbende
- (as Hans Martin Stier)
- Im Zirkus - Der Schlagzeuger
- (as Chico Rojo Ortega)
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- WissenswertesIn the closing titles it says: "Dedicated to all the former angels, but especially to Yasujiro, François and Andrej." This refers to film directors Yasujirô Ozu, François Truffaut, and Andrei Tarkovsky. All were favorites of director Wim Wenders. At the time of filming "Wings of Desire" Truffaut and Tarkovsky had only recently passed away, in 1984 and 1986. Ozu died in 1963.
- PatzerWhen Cassiel (Otto Sander) is crossing the street, a bus slows down to allow him to cross the road, then accelerates once he's clear. As Cassiel is an invisible angel, the bus driver shouldn't have been able to see him.
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Damiel: When the child was a child, it was the time of these questions. Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? Isn't life under the sun just a dream? Isn't what I see, hear, and smell just the mirage of a world before the world? Does evil actually exist, and are there people who are really evil? How can it be that I, who am I, wasn't before I was, and that sometime I, the one I am, no longer will be the one I am?
- Crazy CreditsDedicated to all the former angels, but especially to Yasujiro, François and Andrej.
- SoundtracksZirkusmusik
by Laurent Petitgand
The story of the angel Damiel (the excellent Bruno Ganz, who'd play Adolf Hitler 17 years later in the Oscar-nominated "Downfall"), who falls in love with a mortal circus acrobat, Marion (Solveig Dommartin, Wenders's then-girlfriend, who died last January) and wishes to become human is told by breathtaking images (cinematographer Henri Alekan's courtesy - he worked on Cocteau's "La Belle et la Bête") - the angels see in black and white, humans see in colors; philosophical, analytical observations about human life (and death); scenes of beauty in the simplest things in a masterful way that never becomes corny or boring. More than a film director, Wim Wenders is a film poet; his films are fabulous intersections of image and sound (dialogue, music) crafted in a way that only some other masters achieved.
"Dedicated to all the former angels, but especially to Yasujiro, François and Andrej", "Wings of Desire" is a gorgeous celebration of life who should be seen by people aged 8 to 80. My vote: 10/10.
P.S.: Avoid at all costs the ridiculous Hollywood remake, "City of Angels" (1998), with Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan.
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- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 3.333.969 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 17.301 $
- 1. Mai 1988
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 3.511.365 $
- Laufzeit2 Stunden 8 Minuten
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