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Wings of Desire

Der Himmel über Berlin

1987 · 128 min · Drama

Invisible angels drift through a divided Berlin, listening to the private thoughts of its lonely inhabitants, until one of them, moved by a melancholy trapeze artist, begins to long for the messy, mortal joys of human life. Wim Wenders's soaring, poetic reverie.

Why it’s here

Wim Wenders’s poetic portrait of divided Berlin is a defining late work of New German Cinema.

Runtime

128 min

Genre

Drama · Fantasy · Romance

Mood

romantic · thoughtful · dreamlike

Entry

some context

Best for

character-driven drama

Content notes: sexual content Non-exhaustive