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Wings of desire [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Wim Wenders.
Criterion Collection, c2009.
Call #:
DVD WIN
Series
Criterion collection ; 490.
Video Difference legacy collection.
ISBN:
9781604651607
1604651601
Alternate title:
Himmel
über
Berlin
[videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Edition:
[Director approved special ed.]
Description:
2 videodiscs (127 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet (27 p.)
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Special features: Disc one. New, restored, high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary featuring Wenders and actor Peter Falk; trailers ; new and improved English subtitle translation ; Disc two. "The angels among us" (2003) documentary ; "Wim Wenders
Berlin
Jan. 87," from an episode of the French television program Cinéma cinémas, including on-set footage ; interview with director of photography Henri Alekan ; deleted scenes and outtakes; excerpts from the film "Alekan la lumière" (1985) and Ganz and Sander's "Remembrance: film for Curt Bois" (1982) ; notes and photos by art directors Heidi and Toni Lüdi ; booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Atkinson and writings by Handke and Wenders.
1.66:1 aspect ratio.
Home use only.
Primarily in German with some English and French dialogue and with optional English subtitles.
Production:
Road Movies Filmproduktion GMBH and Argos Films ; producers, Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman ; screenplay, Wim Wenders and Peter Handke ; director, Wim Wenders.
Performers:
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois and Peter Falk.
Summary:
"Wings Of Desire (Der
Himmel
über
Berlin
) is one of cinema's loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over
Berlin
who can hear the thoughts - fears, hopes, and dreams - of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, he is willing to give up his immortality to come back to earth to be with her. Made not long before the fall of the
Berlin
Wall, this stunning tapestry of sounds and images, shot in black and white and color by the legendary Henri Alekan, is movie poetry. And it forever made the name Wim Wenders synonymous with film art."--Container.
Genre:
German films.
Foreign films.
Fantasy films.
Angel films
Romance films.
Surrealist films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Wenders, Wim.
Ganz, Bruno.
Dommartin, Solveig.
Sander, Otto, 1941-
Bois, Curt.
Falk, Peter, 1927-2011.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Holds:
1
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Adult Feature DVDs
DVD WIN Wor
Adult Dvds-7 Days-Adult Accompaniment
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