Wings of Desire (Der Himmel ?ber 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.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New; restored high-definition digital transfer; supervised and approved by director Wim Wenders with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack • Audio commentary featuring Wenders and actor Peter Falk • The Angels Among Us (2003); a documentary featuring interviews with Wenders; Falk; actors Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander; writer Peter Handke; and composer J?rgen Knieper • Excerpt from: Wim Wenders Berlin Jan. 87; an episode of the French television program Cin?ma cin?mas; including on-set footage • Interview with director of photography Henri Alekan • Deleted scenes and outtakes • Excerpts from the films Alekan la lumi?re (1985) and Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois (about the actor who plays Homer in Wings of Desire) • Notes and photos by production designer Heidi L?di and art director Toni L?di • Trailers • New and improved English subtitle translation • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Atkinson and writings by Wenders and Handke