Uniform Title Himmel über Berlin (Motion picture)

Title Wings of desire / Janus Films ; produced by Road Movies, Berlin and Argos Films, Paris ; produced by Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman ; written by Wim Wenders together with Peter Handke ; director, Wim Wenders.

Publication Info.	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [1987]
	©2009

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD FOREIGN WINGS OF DESIRE DISC 1-2	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual	DVD WINGS DISC 1-2	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Adult Department	FOR DVD WINGS DISC 1-2	Check Shelf
Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Foreign Language	DVD WINGS DISC 1-2	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - DVDs	DVD FOREIGN WINGS DISC 1-2	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD WINGS OF DESIRE DISC 1-2	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD WINGS OF DESIRE DISC 1-2 c.2	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs	DVD W	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	FOREIGN FILM DVD WING DISC 1-2	Check Shelf

Edition	Special edition.
Description	2 videodiscs (127 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.).
Series	The Criterion collection ; 490
	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 490.
System Details	DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen, 1.66:1 aspect ratio (16:9 enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 stereo.
Note	Some credits from booklet; series numbering from container spine.
Cast	Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk.
Credits	Director of photography, Henri Alekan ; editor, Peter Pryzgodda ; music, Jürgen Knieper ; art director, Heidi Lüdi ; DVD producer, Susan Arosteguy.
Note	Originally released as a German-French motion picture in 1987.
	"A German-French coproduction between Road Movies GmbH, Berlin and Argos Films S.A., Paris, together with Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln."
Summary	A romantic fantasy about an angel who wishes he were mortal and is willing to fall from the sky if it means a chance to fall in love. Set in modern day Berlin, the film follows angel Damiel's path from heavenly flight to earthly delight in a manner that's comical, touching and entertaining.
Note	Special features: Disc one. audio commentary featuring Wenders and actor Peter Falk; trailers; 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.
Contents	disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Awards	Best Director, Festival de Cannes.
Language	In German with some English and French dialogue, with optional English subtitles; credits in English ; booklet in English.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Local Note	WNPLFFDVD
Subject	Angels -- Drama.
	Man-woman relationships -- Germany -- Berlin -- Drama.
	Circus performers -- Germany -- Berlin -- Drama.
	Berlin (Germany) -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Angel films.
	Fantasy comedies (Motion pictures)
	Fantasy films.
	Fiction films.
	Feature films.
Added Author	Wenders, Wim. Producer. Screenwriter. Director.
	Dauman, Anatole, 1925-1998. Producer.
	Handke, Peter. Screenwriter.
	Ganz, Bruno. Actor.
	Dommartin, Solveig. Actor.
	Sander, Otto, 1941-2013. Actor.
	Bois, Curt. Actor.
	Falk, Peter, 1927-2011. Actor.
	Knieper, Jürgen. Composer.
	Alekan, Henri, 1909-2001.
	Przygodda, Peter.
	Lüdi, Heidi.
	Road Movies Filmproduktion.
	Argos Films.
	Criterion Collection (Firm)
	Janus Films.
	Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
Note	Added container title: Himmel über Berlin
Added Title	Angels among us.
ISBN	9781604651607
	1604651601
Standard No.	715515046510
Music No.	CC1831D Criterion Collection

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