Wings Of Desire marked director Wim Wenders’ 'homecoming' and was his first German film after eight years creating work in America.

The film follows guardian angels—benevolent, invisible beings in trench coats—who listen to the thoughts of mortals and attempt to comfort them. One of them, Damiel (Bruno Ganz), wishes to become human after he falls in love with the beautiful trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin). Peter Falk, played by himself, helps him during his transformation by introducing him to life’s little pleasures.

Narrated from the perspective of the angels, who see the world in black and white, a full-colour world is revealed to Damiel when he becomes human.

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