• Wings of Desire (German: Der Himmel über Berlin, pronounced [deːɐ̯ ˈhɪml̩ ˈʔyːbɐ bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ; lit. 'The Heaven/Sky over Berlin') is a 1987 romantic fantasy...
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  • loose remake of Wim Wenders's 1987 film Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin). As with the original, City of Angels tells the story of an angel (Cage)...
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  • Wings of Desire is the fifth studio album by American singer Jennifer Rush, released in November 1989. After working mainly with American writers and...
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  • first experiences with film as an assistant of Jacques Rozier. Her debut as a film actress was in Wings of Desire (1987), by Wim Wenders, with whom she was...
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    Wings of Desire (foaled 20 February 2013) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Unraced as a juvenile he made a considerable impact in the spring of 2016...
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    Wim Wenders (category Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
    Texas (1984) and the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for Wings of Desire (1987). His other notable films include The American Friend (1977)...
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    Peter Falk (category American people of Czech-Jewish descent)
    Brink's Job (1978), The In-Laws (1979), The Princess Bride (1987), Wings of Desire (1987), The Player (1992), and Next (2007), as well as many television...
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    Konrad Schumann (category People notable for being the subject of a specific photograph)
    escaped to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Born in Zschochau (now part of Jahnatal) during World War II, Schumann enlisted...
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    Bruno Ganz (category Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
    (1979) and Damiel the Angel in Wings of Desire (1987). Ganz received renewed international acclaim for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the Oscar-nominated...
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    Reitinger and Ulrich Zieger. It is a sequel to Wenders' 1987 film Wings of Desire. Actors Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz and Peter Falk reprise their roles...
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  • Schultz as well as the films Sunset Boulevard, The Great Beauty and Wings of Desire on his lyricism. In 2023, the band supported Arctic Monkeys on their...
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  • Rachel Caine. Cassiel appears in Wim Wenders's film Wings of Desire, as well as the U.S. remake, City of Angels. Wenders found the name in an encyclopedia...
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    Berlin Victory Column (category Sculptures of Victoria (mythology))
    )", an homage to Wings of Desire. During the years of the techno Love Parade, the column was a meeting point where large numbers of people danced together...
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  • starting all over again and it was one of the most terrifying things we’ve ever done.” —James Taylor of Wings of Desire on leaving former band INHEAVEN with...
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  • dying recited what mattered to them in Wim Wenders's iconic film 'Wings of Desire.' But most striking may be how Nunez's narrator transfigures, through...
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    Cheryl Ladd (category American people of German descent)
    Retrieved March 21, 2018. Miller, Samantha (September 27, 1999). "Wings of Desire". People. Retrieved March 21, 2018. "Childhelp's Celebrity Ambassadors"...
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  • into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1993. In live shows, Toto has often dedicated Kingdom of Desire track "Wings of Time" to Porcaro, who wrote the...
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    David Slade (category Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University)
    In a Twitter post, Slade listed his favorite films as Performance, Wings of Desire, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and Possession. Slade also...
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    Jennifer Rush discography (category Discographies of American artists)
    (1989) "Higher Ground" (1989) "Wings of Desire" (1990) "We are the Strong" (1990) "Tears in the Rain" (1995) "Out of My Hands" (1995) "Credo" (1997)...
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    Claire Denis (category Academic staff of European Graduate School)
    to the U.S. to be the assistant director on Paris, Texas (1984) and Wings of Desire (1987). Wenders has said, "Claire was more than ready to make her own...
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    his favourites. Cave and the Bad Seeds appear in the film 1987 film Wings of Desire performing "The Carny" and "From Her to Eternity". Two original songs...
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    Meg Ryan (category American people of Polish descent)
    roles. In 1998, she starred in two films. City of Angels (an American remake of Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire) drew positive reviews and earned nearly $200 million...
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    Curt Bois (category Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
    the poet Homer in Wings of Desire (1987). Bois was born to a German Jewish family in Berlin and began acting in 1907, becoming one of the film world's...
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    Peter Handke (category Members of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska)
    Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire) including the poem at its opening and Les Beaux Jours d'Aranjuez (The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez). He also directed...
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  • Mystic River (film) (category Fictional portrayals of the Boston Police Department)
    based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. It is the first film in which Eastwood was credited as composer of the score. The film was...
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    (1983) Two Of A Kind (1983) One Magic Christmas (1985) The Heavenly Kid (1985) Date with an Angel (1987) Made in Heaven (1987) Wings of Desire (1987) All...
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    Colonel Sanders (category American chief executives of food industry companies)
    takes on the appearance of "a famous capitalist icon". In 2017, KFC released a 96-page romance novella, Tender Wings of Desire, in time for Mother's Day...
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  • (for Freeman). It has since been cited as one of the best films of the 2000s, the 21st century and of all-time. Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald, a waitress...
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  • Ground" is a song by American singer Jennifer Rush from her 1989 album, Wings of Desire. It was written by Ken Cummings and Mark Blatt and produced by Phil...
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  • Andrei Tarkovsky (category Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni)
    15 July 2021. Even Wim Wenders, the great creator of the road movie, dedicated his "Wings of Desire" to Tarkovsky and Ozu (along with France's François...
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