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Director · Writer/Creator · Producer · 1945–

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders is a German filmmaker. Born on 14 August 1945, this profile follows Wim Wenders through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Wings of Desire (1987) and Perfect Days (2023). The location trail reaches Berlin Victory Column, Potsdamer Platz and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, with existing stories in Berlin and Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

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Wim Wenders
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CHAPTER 02

Wings of Desire · Berlin Victory Column

Wim Wenders is credited as director, writer and producer on Wings of Desire. The work’s existing location story leads to Berlin Victory Column. The angel on the Victory Column gives the film its high, watchful Berlin: a real monument transformed into a perch above private thought.

Wings of Desire — credits ↗︎Wings of Desire — location reference ↗︎

THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY

A life on the map.

Explore 9 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.

IN THE STORY

Explore a shared connection.

Browse all people →

WORKS

Culture, connected.

Follow the work through its real places.

KEEP EXPLORING

Cities and Worlds.

CITY

Berlin ↗︎

Divided streets, studio rooms and dance floors. Trace the films and records that learned to use Berlin's fractures.

CITY

Tokyo ↗︎

Hotel windows, crossings, record districts and late-night counters. Discover Tokyo through rhythm rather than postcard shorthand.

WORLD · Movies

Perfect Days ↗︎

Follow Perfect Days through 4 real places in Tokyo. Hirayama’s repeated route finds variation, dignity and light in exact Taitō locations documented by the city film commission.

WORLD · Movies

Wings of Desire ↗︎

Sky: look down over a parapet at 1986 West Berlin and rest a hand on each place until it speaks and goes into the angels’ record; walk the Lohmühlenbrücke to the Wall or on into Treptow, and look for Potsdamer Platz in 1924, 1986 and today.

PEOPLE IN THE STORY

Creative connections.

Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.

Actor · Producer

Kōji Yakusho ↗︎

Kōji Yakusho is a Japanese actor. Born on 1 January 1956, this profile follows Kōji Yakusho through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Babel — Tokyo (2006) and Perfect Days (2023). The location trail reaches Kabukichō, Jōgan-ji Temple and JR東日本四季劇場［春］［秋］, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Peter Falk ↗︎

Peter Falk was an American actor. Born on 16 September 1927, this profile follows Peter Falk through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Columbo (1968) and Wings of Desire (1987). The location trail reaches The Biltmore Los Angeles, Greystone Mansion and Santa Monica Pier, with existing stories in Berlin. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Bruno Ganz ↗︎

Bruno Ganz was a Swiss actor. Born on 22 March 1941, this profile follows Bruno Ganz through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Wings of Desire (1987). The location trail reaches Berlin Victory Column, Potsdamer Platz and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, with existing stories in Berlin. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Otto Sander ↗︎

Otto Sander was a German film, theater, and voice actor. Born on 30 June 1941, this profile follows Otto Sander through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Wings of Desire (1987). The location trail reaches Berlin Victory Column, Potsdamer Platz and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, with existing stories in Berlin. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

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