Blu-ray Review

Wings Of Desire (Der Himmel Uber Berlin)

Featured in Issue 145, December 2009

Picture
4
Sound
3
WSR Score
5
Disc Information
Studio The Criterion Collection
Catalog Number 490
MPAA Rating PG-13
Retail Price $39.95
Disc Type Single Side, Dual Layer (BD-50)
Running Time 128 min
Color B/W With Color Sequences
Chapters Yes
Closed Captioned Yes
Regional Coding A
Release Date 11/03/09
Theatrical Year 1987
Credits
Director Wim Wenders
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In Wim Wenders' imaginative and lyrical Wings Of Desire (Der Himmel Uber Berlin), Damiel (Ganz) and Cassiel (Sander) are angels who watch over the city of Berlin. Without harps, halos, or robes, they travel unseen through the city, studying people and listening to their thoughts. But when Damiel finds a troubled trapeze artist named Marion (Dommartin), he so desperately wants to comfort her that he decides to become human to be with her. This film preceded 1993's Far Away, So Close (In Weiter Ferne, So Nah!) and inspired the American film City Of Angels. (Suzanne Hodges)


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