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| The sky over Wenders's war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle angels wearing trench coats who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the transformation by explaining the simple joys of a human experience, such as the sublime combination of coffee and cigarettes. The result is a film that is simultaneously sentimental and cerebral. |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Directors: |
Wim Wenders |
| Actors: |
Hans Martin Stier |
| Stars: |
Bruno Ganz · Otto Sander · Peter Falk · Solveig Dommartin |
| UPC: |
023568050423, 027616813930, 027616887450, 715515046510 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 10min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Criterion Collection, DVD: Special Edition, VHS |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
German |
| Release Date: |
1987 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
German |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS
- 1hr 50min
- Facets Video
- PG-13 (MPAA)
, - VHS
- 2hr 10min
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- June 06, 2000
- 027616813930
, - VHS
- 2hr 10min
- Festival Films
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 2hr 10min
- Movies Unlimited
- Not Rated
, - VHS
- 2hr 10min
- Orion Home Video
- May 26, 1993
- PG-13 (MPAA)
- 023568050423
- Sound Features: HiFi, Stereo
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Peter Handke, Wim Wenders |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/12/1998, p.5, Roger Ebert): "...The film evokes a mood of reverie, elegy and meditation....You're seduced into the spell of this movie....CITY OF ANGELS is a skillful romantic comedy...", (04/29/1988, p.C15, Janet Maslin): "...[WINGS OF DESIRE] has a loveliness of conception that, for a time, keeps it as feathery as an angel's wings....Wender's mpst ambitous effort yet, and [it] certainly radiates immense promise...", (05/20/1988, p.C10, Sheila Benson): "...A magnificent film of sublime beauty and contagious optimism....Alekan's visual power, softly swirling and mysterious, is unsurpassed...", (07/01/1987, p.60-5, Mary Corliss): "...Visualized through some inspiring cinematography...", (09/01/1989, p.3D, Mike Clark): "...Legendary cinematographer Henri Alekan shot the film's brooding first half in emotionally stirring monochrome....[Later] this truly original piece of work switches to color...", (12/01/2002, p.64, Lucy Neville): "...Wender's response to each of the Berlin locations, captured so evocatively by Henri Alekan's monochrome photography, reveals a profound understanding of their cultural significance and poetic potential..." |
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