He also appeared in The Great Muppet Caper, The Princess Bride, Murder By Death, The Cheap Detective, Vibes, Made, and ( as himself ) in Wim Wenders ' 1987 film Wings of Desire and its 1993 sequel, Faraway, So Close !.

Some scenes of the 1987 Wim Wenders movie Der Himmel über Berlin ( English title: Wings of Desire ) were filmed on the old, almost entirely void Potsdamer Platz before the Berlin Wall fell.

Some of his more successful and critically acclaimed movies, Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire, for example, have been the result of fruitful collaborations with avant-garde authors Peter Handke and Sam Shepard.

Handke co-wrote the script for Wings of Desire and Until the End of the World, both featuring Solveig Dommartin.

Wenders has already received many awards, including the Golden Lion for The State of Things at the Venice Film Festival ( 1982 ); the Palme d ' Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival for his movie Paris, Texas ; and Best Direction for Wings of Desire in the 1987 Bavarian Film Awards and the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

Wings of Desire ( Der Himmel über Berlin, translated literally as The Heavens Over Berlin ) is a 1987 Franco-German romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders.

Set in contemporary West Berlin ( at the time still enclosed by the Berlin Wall ), Wings of Desire follows two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, as they roam the city, unseen and unheard by its human inhabitants, observing and listening to the diverse thoughts of Berliners: a pregnant woman in an ambulance on the way to the hospital, a painter struggling to find inspiration, a broken man who thinks his girlfriend no longer loves him.

As revealed in the DVD, Wings of Desire could have turned out to be a far less serious film.

Wings of Desire received " Two Thumbs Up " from Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert on Siskel & Ebert & The Movies.

The first theatrical adaptation of Wings of Desire was created by the Northern Stage theatre company in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK in 2003.

: Authorship and Agency in Wim Wenders ' Der Himmel über Berlin ( Wings of Desire ) by Nathan Wolfson

* POV Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire ( interviews and articles )

* Angels and the Modern City: Essay on Wenders ' film Wings of Desire

Wim Wenders ' 1987 film Wings of Desire uses sepia-tone black-and-white for the scenes shot from the angels ' perspective.

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Bruno Ganz (; born 22 March 1941 ) is a Swiss actor, known for his roles as Damiel in Wings of Desire and Adolf Hitler in Downfall.

Ganz then became known for his role in Wim Wenders ' Wings of Desire, as the angel Damiel.

* Der Himmel über Berlin ( Wings of Desire ), 1987

In 1987, the Bad Seeds made an appearance in the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire, and Cave was also featured in the 1988 film Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead, which he co-wrote.

* Wings of Desire ( as himself, during the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performance )

The band is also seen playing a live performance of the title track in the 1987 Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire.

The column is featured in Wim Wenders ' film Wings of Desire ( 1987 ) as being a place where angels congregate.

During 2012, in collaboration with seeper, he directed the graphics for large scale events including the launch of Titanic Belfast, Birmingham ’ s Wings of Desire and the Vimeo Awards 2012.

In 1987, the band performed on the soundtrack for the Wim Wenders film, Wings of Desire.