Les ailes du désir

Titre original : Der Himmel über Berlin

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Drama Fantasy Romance

Un ange se lasse de superviser les activités humaines et souhaite devenir humain lorsqu'il tombe amoureux d'un mortel.Un ange se lasse de superviser les activités humaines et souhaite devenir humain lorsqu'il tombe amoureux d'un mortel.Un ange se lasse de superviser les activités humaines et souhaite devenir humain lorsqu'il tombe amoureux d'un mortel.

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NOTE IMDb

7,9/10

80 k

MA NOTE

POPULARITÉ

2 935

512

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Nomination aux 1 BAFTA Award
- 18 victoires et 14 nominations au total

Anecdotes
In the closing titles it says: "Dedicated to all the former angels, but especially to Yasujiro, François and Andrej." This refers to film directors Yasujirô Ozu, François Truffaut, and Andrei Tarkovsky. All were favorites of director Wim Wenders. At the time of this movie's filming, Truffaut and Tarkovsky had only recently passed away, in 1984 and 1986, respectively; Ozu died in 1963.

Gaffes
When Cassiel (Otto Sander) is crossing the street, a bus slows down to allow him to cross the road, then accelerates once he's clear. As Cassiel is an invisible angel, the bus driver shouldn't have been able to see him.

Citations
Damiel: When the child was a child, it was the time of these questions. Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? Isn't life under the sun just a dream? Isn't what I see, hear, and smell just the mirage of a world before the world? Does evil actually exist, and are there people who are really evil? How can it be that I, who am I, wasn't before I was, and that sometime I, the one I am, no longer will be the one I am?

Crédits fous
Dedicated to all the former angels, but especially to Yasujiro, François and Andrej.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Red Heat/A World Apart/Rikky and Pete/Poltergeist III/Wings of Desire (1988)

Bandes originales
Zirkusmusik
by Laurent Petitgand

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10/10

The most emotionally and spiritually moving film of all time

A note to those of you who have only seen the bland, woefully wrong-hearted and half-assed "City of Angels", an unnecessary Americanization of this modern classic: this film leaves Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan in the dust. Co-writer/director Wim Wenders spins a visually stunning tale of angels living in Berlin before the wall came down. As they float through the lives of all they encounter, one of them falls in love with a beautiful and lonely trapeze artist. He soon must choose whether or not it is worth sacrificing the endless grace of being an earth-bound angel to know what it is like to be human, to "see at eye level."

After having seen this film eight times or so, I can safely say that it is my favorite movie of all time. I have to watch it at least once a year and every time I do, I discover a new detail, while still being enchanted by the things that made me love this film in the first place. Although leisurely paced, every scene makes a valuable point about how our lives are touched by divinity every day.