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Wings of Desire

Movie · 1987 · 128 min

A slow, poetic drift through a divided city, mixing black-and-white observation with sudden color and longing.

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1987 film by Wim Wenders
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Year
1987
Runtime
128 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • love
  • loneliness
  • identity
  • faith
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, fantasy
Directed by
Wim Wenders
Written by
Peter Handke, Wim Wenders, Richard Reitinger
Starring
Peter Falk, Bruno Ganz, Nick Cave, Otto Sander, Blixa Bargeld, Solveig Dommartin, Mick Harvey, Curt Bois
Music
Jürgen Knieper
Cinematography
Henri Alekan
Runtime
128 min
Country
France, Germany
Languages
French, German, Turkish, Spanish, English, Japanese, Hebrew

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