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Wings of Desire
1987
· Movie
· 128 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #288
- IMDb #464
- Rotten Tomatoes #165
- Metacritic #735
- Letterboxd #128
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #423
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #252
- Metacritic Audience #925
- Criticker #121
- Douban #203
- Kinopoisk #361
- AlloCiné #969
- Trakt #691
Every rating
73–95
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95.
See the most agreed on films →In a divided Berlin, invisible angels wander the city, observing the thoughts and lives of its inhabitants, offering comfort but unable to interact. One angel grows weary of merely observing and becomes captivated by the raw, emotional experience of human life—particularly that of a lonely trapeze artist. He yearns to shed his immortality to experience love, pain, and the simple sensations of being human.
Details
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Studio
- Road Movies, Argos films, WDR, Wim Wenders Stiftung
- Released
- 23 September 1987
- Country
- Germany, France
- Language
- German, English, French, Turkish, Hebrew, Spanish, Japanese
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $3.5M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →2 major awards won · 12 wins from 16 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 1989 | Best Foreign Film | Wim Wenders | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1987 | Best Director | Wim Wenders | Winner |
| César Awards 1988 | Best Foreign Film | Wim Wenders | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1989 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman | Nominee |
| National Society of Film Critics 1989 | Best Cinematography | Henri Alekan | Winner |
| New York Film Critics Circle 1989 | Best Cinematography | Henri Alekan | Winner |
| Belgian Film Critics Association 1988 | Grand Prix | Wim Wenders | Winner |
| European Film Awards 1988 | Best Film | Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Wim Wenders | Winner |
Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Wim Wenders | Winner |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Wim Wenders | Nominee |
European Film Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Wim Wenders | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Curt Bois | Winner |
| Best Camera | Henri Alekan | Nominee |
| Best Film | Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman | Nominee |
German Film Award
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Henri Alekan | Winner |
| Best Fiction Film | Wim Wenders | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Henri Alekan | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Wim Wenders | Winner |
Belgian Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix | Wim Wenders | Winner |
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Wim Wenders | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Henri Alekan | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Henri Alekan | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman | Nominee |