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  • Wings of Desire
  • Opened January 1, 1987 | Runtime:2 hr. 8 min.
  • PG-13
  • Two angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander), 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 Read More
  • Cast: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk, Otto Sander, Curt Bois
  • Director: Wim Wenders
  • Genres: Romantic Fantasy, Fantasy, Heavenly Drama

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  • 100
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Wings is a soaring vision that appeals to the senses and the spirit. (Review...

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Astonishing things happen and symbolism can only work by being apparent. For me,...

  • 100
    Variety |

    Wim Wenders returns to Germany with a sublimely beautiful, deeply romantic film...

  • 90
    Chicago Reader | Jonathan Rosenbaum

    The conceit gets a little out of hand after one of the angels falls in love...

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