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Himmel über Berlin, Der (Ailes du désir, Les)
poster Réalisateur: Wim Wenders
Acteurs: Bruno Ganz (as Damiel), Solveig Dommartin (as Marion), Otto Sander (as Cassiel), Curt Bois (as Homer, the aged poet), Peter Falk (as Himself), Hans Martin Stier (as The Dying Man), Elmar Wilms (as A Sad Man), Sigurd Rachman (as The Suicide), Beatrice Manowski (as Young Prostitute), Lajos Kovács (as Marion's Coach), Bruno Rosaz (as Clown), Laurent Petitgand (as Bandleader), Chick Ortega (as Drummer (as Chico Rojo Ortega)), Otto Kuhnle (as Juggler), Christoph Merg (as Juggler)
Pays: West Germany
Catégorie: Fantasy
Année: 1987
Résumé: This Wim Wenders film centers around the story of two angels wandering post-war Berlin. Invisible to humans, they nevertheless give their help and comfort to all the lonely and depressed souls they meet. Finally, after many centuries, one of the angels becomes unhappy with his immortal state and wishes to become human in order to experience the joys of everyday life. He meets a circus acrobat and finds in her the fufillment of all his mortal desires. He also discovers that he is not alone in making this cross over, and that a purely spiritual experience is not enough to satisfy anyone.
Commentaire: With a beautiful journey through the eyes of two angels, Wenders has crafted one of the most original love stories ever to be put to celluloid (and like everything foreign and beautiful, an American company buys the rights, dumbs it down for our audiences and reproduces it without giving any credit to the original…ie ‘The City of Angels'). After always being invisible to people: only capable of hearing their thoughts and comforting their souls, one of the angels longs for the touch of another human; especially after he falls for a circus trapeze artist. He longs to do the things we enjoy, smoke a cigarette or drink a cup of coffee, experience all the emotions we take for granted. The cinematography is great, the dialogue is thought-provoking yet approachable, and the acting is superb. I have not yet seen the sequel, but am very excited to see what Wenders does with the second half of the story. As a last thought, I think it is great Peter Falk (TV's Colombo) was able to do a little tongue-in-cheek acting here, I like seeing Hollywood stars who are willing to poke fun at their established images. Rating: 35/40

Langue: German
Sous-titres: English/French
Durée: 127 Min
Format vidéo: XviD MPEG-4 Codec
Format audio: AC3
Nombre de CD: 2