Apr 13
International Film Forum: Wings of Desire
Mon, April 13, 2026
• 7:00pm
- 9:00pm (2h) • Weitz Cinema
Wings of Desire [Der Himmel über Berlin] (Wim Wenders, 1986, Germany/France, 127 min.)
“Wings of Desire 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, 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 and 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, forever made the name of director Wim Wenders synonymous with film art.” (The Criterion Collection)
Event Contact: Steve Richardson