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Wings of Desire
Summary: An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
Release Date: May 06, 1988
Director:
Wim Wenders
Runtime: 2 h 08 min
MPAA: PG-13
Language: German
Domestic: $ 3,333,969
International: $ 184,556
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