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HanWay Films
Directed by: Wim Wenders
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.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
4K UHD
Blu-ray
Discs:
UHD-100 (1 Disc)
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
None (4K UHD)
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
German DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
2160p/24
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
HDR:
None
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Documentary, Television Program, Interview, Deleted Scenes, Film Excerpt, Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Audio commentary featuring Wim Wenders and actor Peter Falk
- The Angels Among Us (2003), a documentary featuring interviews with Wim Wenders, Peter Falk, actors Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander, writer Peter Handke, and composer Jürgen Knieper
- Episode of Cinéma cinémas from 1987, featuring on-set footage
- Interview with director of photography Henri Alekan
- Deleted scenes and outtakes
- Excerpts from the film Alekan la lumière (1985) and from Ganz and Sander’s 1982 film about actor Curt Bois
- Notes and photos by art directors Heidi and Toni Lüdi
- Trailers
- An essay by critic Michael Atkinson and writings by Peter Handke and Wim Wenders
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Restoration Information
Wings of Desire
Restoration by:
The Criterion Collection
Year: 2008
Scanned at: 2K Digital
Restored at: High-Definition Digital
Sources:
35mm Interpositive
Wings of Desire
Restoration by:
Wim Wenders Stiftung
Year: 2017
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Release Notes on Restoration
Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire is presented in the filmmaker's preferred aspect ratio of 1.66:1.
The restoration on the 4K UHD disc was created and graded under the supervision of director Wim Wenders. The source material was Wim Wenders Stiftung's theatrical 4K restoration, undertaken in 2017 from the color and black-and-white 35 mm original camera negatives, using an ARRISCAN film scanner, at ARRI Media. The newly mixed 5.1 surround soundtrack was remastered from the 35mm original magnetic tracks and supervised by Wenders at BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion. Digital restoration was carried out with the support of CNC.
The restoration on the Blu-ray disc - also supervised by Wenders - was undertaken by the Criterion Collection in 2009 from a 35 mm interpositive and a 35 mm internegative scanned on a Spirit Datacine. The 2.0 surround soundtrack was remastered from the 35mm original magnetic track.
The restoration on the 4K UHD disc was created and graded under the supervision of director Wim Wenders. The source material was Wim Wenders Stiftung's theatrical 4K restoration, undertaken in 2017 from the color and black-and-white 35 mm original camera negatives, using an ARRISCAN film scanner, at ARRI Media. The newly mixed 5.1 surround soundtrack was remastered from the 35mm original magnetic tracks and supervised by Wenders at BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion. Digital restoration was carried out with the support of CNC.
The restoration on the Blu-ray disc - also supervised by Wenders - was undertaken by the Criterion Collection in 2009 from a 35 mm interpositive and a 35 mm internegative scanned on a Spirit Datacine. The 2.0 surround soundtrack was remastered from the 35mm original magnetic track.