Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk — that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Wings of Desire has generally received very positive reviews.
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Wings of Desire was released in 1987 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 716 reviews, giving Wings of Desire (1987) an average rating of 81%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 91%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 87%.
With a score of 81%, Wings of Desire is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1987, which stands at 57%.
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