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Wings of Desire AKA Der Himmel über Berlin (Blu-ray) (1987)
An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal.Director: Wim Wenders
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The US/Canadian, UK Axiom, UK Curzon, French, and German 4K Restoration/Limited Collector's Edition releases all have differing exclusive extras.
Note the newer German releases are not fully English-friendly for the film unlike the 2013 release,.
Note that there are 2 different edits of the English-language Wenders/Falk audio commentary from the same recordings.
- The US/Canadian release has the new edit
- The UK release has the original edit
- It is currently unknown which edit the German releases have, but it is likely the original edit
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (127:44).
- Blu-ray A Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts (127:44).
- Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom- Axiom Films - No cuts (127:23).
- Blu-ray B France- Carlotta Films - No cuts (129:29)
- Blu-ray B Germany- Studio Canal - No cuts (127:23).
- Blu-ray B 4K Restoration Germany- Studio Canal - No cuts (129:43).
- Blu-ray B Limited Collector’s Edition Germany- Studio Canal - No cuts (129:43).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Curzon Film - No cuts (129:20)
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Comparison added by Vincent_Bouche on 14/11/09
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 11/11/23UPDATE LOG:
04/01/15: Updated the US specs, corrected disc count, spelling error, added ASIN, addition of the UK release.
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28/02/20: Added Germany x3.
03/07/20: Updated notes/extras on all releases, updated deleted scenes commentary on UK release to "forced," updated Winner notes.
17/04/23: Added Canada.
08/06/23: Added UK Curzon.
09/06/23: Updated Caps-a-holic link.
11/11/23: Added France.
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