Blog 3 - Der Himmel über Berlin

Today I would like to talk to you about one of my favorite movies: Der Himmel über Berlin. His name in English is: Wings of desire. It was directed by renowned German director Wim Wenders. The film tells the story of two invisible angels that accompany and comfort humans. It is a very deep philosophical film, which deals with the fundamental questions of the human being: Who are we? Where we come from? What happens to us after death? We are separated by walls of words that separates us from feeling our true feelings and expressing them shamelessly. Two angels (Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander) watch the world, especially Berlin. They cannot change men's lives or make themselves known; they can only make them want to live and try to comfort them in their moments of pain. The desire to be part of mortal life is so great in one of them that he is even prepared to sacrifice his immortality for him. In addition to being a declaration of love for humanity, the film is a confrontation with the reality of the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1980s and with the history of Germany.