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Directed by Wim Wenders
Starring Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Beatrice Manowski, Lajos Kovács.
Wings of Desire marked Wenders’ “homecoming” and was his first German film after eight years in America. The main characters are guardian angels—benevolent, invisible beings in trench coats—who listen to the thoughts of mortals and attempt to comfort them. One of them, Damiel (Bruno Ganz), wishes to become human after he falls in love with the beautiful trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin). Peter Falk, played by himself, helps him during his transformation, by introducing him to life’s little pleasures. The film is narrated from the perspective of the angels, who see the world in black and white. Only when Damiel becomes human does the world of color reveal itself to him.
Restored in 4K digital.
Winner of the Best Director Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
12A
Approx 128 mins
15-20 mins of trailers & adverts before the screening (not included in duration)