New Perspectives: Wings of Desire

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.

Every day, Damiel (Bruno Ganz; The American Friend, Downfall) listens to the thoughts of mortals who play their lives out on the streets of West Berlin. He finds himself entranced by a trapeze artist (Solveig Dommartin, Until the End of the World) whose eloquent expression of her doubts and fears makes him yearn for a life where he can feel happiness and love.

Credits: Trixie Parkin-Christie- Speaker Samantha Arnold- Editor Sophie Willis- Sound Poppy Richardson- Camera