Der Himmel über Berlin

Wim Wenders

Der Himmel über Berlin Wings of Desire [videorecording]= Wings of Desire Wim Wenders - West Germany France Road Movies Filmproduktion Argos Films Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) 1987 - 2 videodiscs ( 127 min.) sound, black and white 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion Collection Vol. 490 .

Special features include:
[Disc 1]
- Audio commentary featuring Wenders and actor Peter Falk

[Disc 2]
- The Angels Among Us (2003), a documentary featuring interviews with Wenders, Falk, actors Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander, writer Peter Handke, and composer Jürgen Knieper
- “Wim Wenders Berlin Jan. 87,” an episode of the French television program Cinéma cinémas, including on-set footage
- Interview with director of photography Henri Alekan
- Deleted scenes and outtakes
- Excerpts from the films Alekan la lumière (1985) and Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois (1982)
- Notes and photos by art directors Heidi Lüdi and Toni Lüdi

From case cover:
Wings of Desire is one of cinema’s loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts—fears, hopes, dreams—of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, he is willing to give up his immortality and come back to earth to be with her. Made not long before the fall of the Berlin wall, this stunning tapestry of sounds and images, shot in black and white and color by the legendary Henri Alekan, is movie poetry. And it forever made the name Wim Wenders synonymous with film art.

From IMDb:
An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal.


DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Region 1; 1.66:1 as 16:9 widescreen.


German, French and English audio. Optional English subtitles.

PN1997 / .H566 1987