Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

Why shouldn't we fall in love?

Our hearts are made of it Let's take a chance, why be afraid of it?

By: Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler

The basic story is of an angel that after recording life falls in love with life, not just the trapezes artist that he eventually wants to meet in the flesh. We get to follow his transition blow by blow, as he attempts to follow his desire.

Peter Falk as Der Filmstar is a catalyst and the glue to the story. I even mention that Colombo did not have a hat.

The film started unscripted, and the directors and writers had to punt. You may notice this as the story improves. There was a partial start script from Paris Texas.

I took a German class actually several classes about the time of this film. Therefore, some of the film languages are natural, some, I recognize after the subtitles, and some are new. No one slurs the words so this would be a great training film. However, I never made it there so this is as close as I will ever get to 1987 Berlin.

Filmed in: Berlin, Germany Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Berlin, Germany Potsdamer Platz, Mitte, Berlin, Germany Siegessäule, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany Staatsbibliothek, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

The DVD has a great commentary by director Wim Wenders and Peter Falk, which lets you see what is attempted in the film. So, did they accomplish what they set out to do?

Watch Berlin: Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927) as a contrast.

Also, do not miss what touts as a sequel but as a standalone revision of this film.

In weiter Ferne, so nah! (1993) with Nastassja Kinski.