

Wings of Desire
There are angels on the streets of Berlin.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $3.5M
- Language
- English
- berlin, germany
- dreams
- library
- circus
- angel
- berlin wall
- immortality
- observer
- melancholy
- black and white
- perception
- thoughtful
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Germany, France
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTTMUBI19 Apr 2024
- PremiereThe India Tour5 Feb 2025
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13New York City, New York29 Apr 1988
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)12ARe-Release24 Jun 2022
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM31 Mar 1988
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 Oct 1987
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1220 May 1988
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical (limited)UProjekt 10016 Jan 2002
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1523 Sept 1987
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1623 Sept 1987
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival17 May 1987
- TheatricalTP23 Sept 1987
- PhysicalDVD14 Dec 2001
- PhysicalBlu-Ray22 Sept 2010
- Physical4K UHD17 Oct 2023
GermanyDE
- Theatrical629 Oct 1987
GreeceGR
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival17 Nov 2006
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Wings of Desire was released on 23 September 1987.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
12/25/2022
Bruno Ganz is on top form in this characterful study of desire - physical and spiritual. He is "Daniel" an angel invisible to all but his own kind (and to the innocence of children) who finds himself, with his colleague "Cassiel" (Otto Sander) policing the city of Berlin at the end of the second world war. Needless to say, there are no shortages of claimants on their compassion and they do what they can to help assua…
- F3/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
2/26/2023
**Essay on Sleepiness.** When I decided to see this film, I did it for three reasons: the first is the participation of Bruno Ganz, a German actor that I appreciate and that I started to like after seeing him do excellent work in other films such as “The Fall”; the second is the enormous consideration in which this film has been held by a very high number of distinguished critics and specialists; the third is the …
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