- 1. Who is the director of the movie 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Pedro Almodóvar
B) Federico Fellini
C) Ingmar Bergman
D) Wim Wenders
- 2. In which city is the movie primarily set?
A) Paris
B) Tokyo
C) New York City
D) Berlin
- 3. What is the original title of 'Wings of Desire' in German?
A) Der Himmel über Berlin
B) Engel fliegen nicht
C) Himmelslicht
D) Himmel und Erde
- 4. What is Damiel's desire that leads him to become human?
A) To become a guardian angel
B) To gain immortality
C) To perform a miracle
D) To experience human emotions
- 5. Which famous poet is mentioned in the film and is said to have been an angel?
A) Rainer Maria Rilke
B) Pablo Neruda
C) Emily Dickinson
D) Friedrich Nietzsche
- 6. What major historical event is referenced in the film as a backdrop to the story?
A) World War II
B) The French Revolution
C) The Cuban Missile Crisis
D) The fall of the Berlin Wall
- 7. What color do the angels see in the world of the living?
A) Black and white
B) Sepia
C) Monochrome blue
D) Technicolor
- 8. Who plays the role of Damiel, one of the angels?
A) Peter Falk
B) Nicolas Cage
C) Tom Cruise
D) Bruno Ganz
- 9. How do the angels communicate with each other in the film?
A) Through telepathy
B) Using hand signals
C) Talking out loud
D) Writing messages in the sky
- 10. What does the black-and-white cinematography represent in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Human suffering
B) The Berlin Wall
C) Nighttime scenes
D) The world as seen by the angels
- 11. Which festival awarded Wim Wenders Best Director for 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Cannes Film Festival
B) Berlin International Film Festival
C) Sundance Film Festival
D) Venice Film Festival
- 12. Who among the following is an angel that follows Homer in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Peter Falk
B) Cassiel
C) Bruno Ganz
D) Damiel
- 13. Which character in 'Wings of Desire' is described as profoundly lonely?
A) Cassiel
B) Peter Falk
C) Homer
D) The circus trapeze artist Marion
- 14. What is the name of the sequel to 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Faraway, So Close!
B) Heaven Over Berlin
C) City of Angels
D) Angels in Berlin
- 15. Who performs at the concert that Damiel and Marion attend together?
A) David Bowie
B) Nick Cave
C) Crime & the City Solution
D) U2
- 16. Which actor portrays Marion in the film?
A) Lajos Kovács
B) Beatrice Manowski
C) Solveig Dommartin
D) Elmar Wilms
- 17. Who is cast as Cassiel in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Peter Falk
B) Bruno Ganz
C) Hans-Martin Stier
D) Otto Sander
- 18. Which actor plays the role of Homer in the film?
A) Otto Kuhnle
B) Peter Werner
C) Christoph Merg
D) Curt Bois
- 19. Who appears as himself in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Laurent Petitgand
B) Bruno Rosaz
C) Peter Falk
D) Chick Ortega
- 20. In the film, who is cast as Der Sterbende (the dying man)?
A) Elmar Wilms
B) Otto Sander
C) Hans-Martin Stier
D) Sigurd Rachman
- 21. Who plays the role of Ein trauriger Mann (a sad man) in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Hans-Martin Stier
B) Elmar Wilms
C) Beatrice Manowski
D) Sigurd Rachman
- 22. Which actor is cast as Der Selbstmörder (the suicide) in the film?
A) Elmar Wilms
B) Hans-Martin Stier
C) Sigurd Rachman
D) Beatrice Manowski
- 23. Who plays Das Strichmädchen (the young prostitute) in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Beatrice Manowski
B) Laurent Petitgand
C) Bruno Rosaz
D) Lajos Kovács
- 24. Which actor portrays Marion's Trainer in the circus?
A) Lajos Kovács
B) Peter Werner
C) Christoph Merg
D) Otto Kuhnle
- 25. Which actor plays Im Zirkus - Der Kapellmeister (in the circus, the bandleader) in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Chick Ortega
B) Christoph Merg
C) Laurent Petitgand
D) Otto Kuhnle
- 26. Who is cast as Im Zirkus - Der Schlagzeuger (in the circus, the drummer) in the film?
A) Otto Kuhnle
B) Peter Werner
C) Christoph Merg
D) Chick Ortega
- 27. Which actor plays one of the Jongleurs (jugglers) in the circus?
A) Laurent Petitgand
B) Chick Ortega
C) Peter Werner
D) Otto Kuhnle
- 28. Who is cast as another Jongleur (juggler) in the circus?
A) Laurent Petitgand
B) Christoph Merg
C) Otto Kuhnle
D) Peter Werner
- 29. Which actor plays Im Zirkus - Der Manager (in the circus, the manager) in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Chick Ortega
B) Peter Werner
C) Otto Kuhnle
D) Christoph Merg
- 30. Who wrote much of the dialogue and poetic narrations for 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Peter Handke
B) Bruno Ganz
C) Richard Reitinger
D) Anatole Dauman
- 31. What was the budget for 'Wings of Desire'?
A) 10 million DM
B) 3 million DM
C) 5 million DM
D) 7 million DM
- 32. Which French producer worked on 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Anatole Dauman
B) Alain Sarde
C) Luc Besson
D) Claude Berri
- 33. When did 'Wings of Desire' debut at the Cannes Film Festival?
A) 29 April 1988
B) 17 May 1987
C) Late October 1987
D) February 2015
- 34. When was the DVD released by The Criterion Collection for 'Wings of Desire'?
A) 2005
B) 1988
C) 2009
D) 2018
- 35. What was 'Wings of Desire's' rank among the top 50 highest-grossing foreign language films in the U.S. as calculated by Variety in 2000?
A) 1st
B) 48th
C) 25th
D) 10th
- 36. Who adapted and directed the 2003 stage adaptation of 'Wings of Desire' in Newcastle upon Tyne?
A) Peter Brook
B) Alan Lyddiard
C) Sam Mendes
D) Phyllida Lloyd
- 37. What does Nick Cave's song 'From Her to Eternity' suggest?
A) : An escape from reality
B) A journey through time
C) : A battle between good and evil
D) A desire for a woman's love
- 38. When did the 4K restoration of 'Wings of Desire' premiere?
A) 17 May 1987
B) February 2015
C) 29 April 1988
D) 16 February 2018
- 39. Which critic credited Wings of Desire for its whimsical realm and Ganz's performance?
A) Rita Kempley
B) Desson Howe
C) David Stratton
D) Pauline Kael
- 40. How long did it take for Solveig Dommartin to learn the circus moves?
A) She used a stunt double.
B) Six months.
C) Eight weeks.
D) A year.
- 41. Which writer described the cinematic style of 'Wings of Desire' as 'bold' and artistic?
A) Leigh Singer
B) Terrie Waddell
C) Alexander Graf
D) Martin Brady
- 42. In which year did The Guardian place Wings of Desire in the 10 best films ever set in Berlin?
A) 2011
B) 2015
C) 2013
D) 2009
- 43. Which critic found it odd to be an atheist and love Wings of Desire, while admiring its black-and-white photography?
A) Jessica Ritchey
B) Janet Maslin
C) Rita Kempley
D) Pauline Kael
- 44. In which year did Empire magazine rank Wings of Desire 64th in 'The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema'?
A) 2015
B) 2008
C) 2010
D) 2012
- 45. Which critic recommended seeing Wings of Desire to understand how radically Berlin has been altered since the 1980s?
A) Richard Corliss
B) Ian Nathan
C) Michael Sontheimer
D) David Stratton
- 46. In which district does the Angel building observe people in Prague?
A) Prague Castle
B) Old Town
C) Vinohrady
D) Smíchov
- 47. In which country did 'Wings of Desire' open on 29 April 1988?
A) United States
B) Japan
C) France
D) Germany
- 48. Which critic described Wings of Desire as 'extraordinary' and possibly 'the ultimate German movie'?
A) David Denby
B) Pauline Kael
C) Gene Siskel
D) Roger Ebert
- 49. Which critic embraced the visuals, performances, and score of Wings of Desire?
A) Richard Schickel
B) Jonathan Rosenbaum
C) David Stratton
D) Ian Nathan
- 50. What rating was given to 'Wings of Desire' upon its release in New York City?
A) PG-13
B) NC-17
C) R
D) G
- 51. Who was announced to write and direct the second American remake of 'Wings of Desire' in 2023?
A) Chloé Zhao
B) Ashley Avis
C) Greta Gerwig
D) Sofia Coppola
- 52. What approval rating does Wings of Desire hold on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 85%
B) 90%
C) 95%
D) 80%
- 53. Which band's music video for 'Everybody Hurts' takes cues from 'Wings of Desire'?
A) The Beatles
B) U2
C) Nirvana
D) R.E.M.
- 54. What was the title of 'Wings of Desire' in France?
A) Die Flügel der Sehnsucht
B) Die Engel von Berlin
C) Berlin im Himmel
D) Les Ailes du désir
- 55. Which architect designed the building Angel in Prague, inspired by 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Norman Foster
B) Jean Nouvel
C) Zaha Hadid
D) Frank Gehry
- 56. Which critic found Wings of Desire 'damagingly overloaded' in execution?
A) Janet Maslin
B) Roger Ebert
C) David Denby
D) Desson Howe
- 57. When did 'Wings of Desire' finish its run in North America?
A) 17 May 1987
B) 11 May 1989
C) February 2015
D) 29 April 1988
- 58. Who praised Wings of Desire for its poetry and themes of loneliness?
A) Jonathan Rosenbaum
B) James Monaco
C) Ian Nathan
D) Leonard Maltin
- 59. How many admissions did 'Der Himmel über Berlin' have in Germany?
A) 1,079,432
B) Nearly 4 million
C) 3.2 million
D) 922,718
- 60. What does the frequent angel's-eye-view shots of East and West Berlin allow for in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) : Emotional detachment
B) Quasi-objective voyeuristic surveillance
C) : Historical accuracy
D) : Personal introspection
- 61. Which critic remarked that Wings of Desire made moviegoers feel impotent?
A) David Denby
B) Gene Siskel
C) Pauline Kael
D) Roger Ebert
- 62. Which publication placed Wings of Desire in the top 10 best films of the 1980s?
A) Empire
B) Variety
C) The New York Times
D) The Los Angeles Times
- 63. Which theatre company created a stage adaptation of 'Wings of Desire' in Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. in 2003?
A) National Theatre
B) Young Vic
C) Royal Shakespeare Company
D) Northern Stage
- 64. Which critic described Wings of Desire as 'obnoxious'?
A) Ian Nathan
B) John Simon
C) James Monaco
D) Rita Kempley
- 65. Who is credited with influencing Wim Wenders' depiction of order in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Andrei Tarkovsky
B) Ingmar Bergman
C) Yasujirō Ozu
D) François Truffaut
- 66. Which company distributed 'Wings of Desire' in the U.S.?
A) Orion Classics
B) Kinowelt
C) Sony Pictures
D) The Criterion Collection
- 67. Which critic described the film as having 'a mood of reverie, elegy and meditation'?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Janet Maslin
C) Desson Howe
D) David Denby
- 68. What fashion element did Andrew Greeley observe about the angels in 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Casual streetwear
B) Traditional robes
C) Trench-coat fashion
D) Brightly colored suits
- 69. Which critic placed Wings of Desire 34th in BBC's list of The 100 greatest foreign language films?
A) Metacritic critics
B) BBC critics
C) Empire magazine critics
D) Rotten Tomatoes critics
- 70. Who composed the score for 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Laurent Petitgand
B) Falk Harnack
C) Peter Handke
D) Jürgen Knieper
- 71. Which critic described the bulk of Wings of Desire before Damiel becomes human as one of Wenders's most stunning achievements?
A) Sheila Benson
B) Jonathan Rosenbaum
C) Richard Schickel
D) David Denby
- 72. What happened during the production when Peter Falk went missing?
A) He was replaced by another actor.
B) German police were called after he was discovered in a café.
C) He left the film set permanently.
D) The filming schedule was delayed.
- 73. What does 'Song of Childhood' in 'Wings of Desire' parallel according to Terrie Waddell?
A) St. Paul's 1 Corinthians 13
B) The works of Shakespeare
C) The poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
D) The writings of Friedrich Nietzsche
- 74. Who directed the U.S. remake 'City of Angels' released in 1998?
A) Brad Silberling
B) Martin Scorsese
C) Steven Spielberg
D) Tim Burton
- 75. Who directed the 2006 stage adaptation of 'Wings of Desire'?
A) Sam Mendes
B) Ola Mafaalani
C) Ivo van Hove
D) Julie Taymor
- 76. Which other German film was mentioned alongside 'Wings of Desire' as one of the top foreign language films in the U.S.?
A) Das Boot
B) Run Lola Run
C) Good Bye Lenin!
D) The Lives of Others
- 77. Which critic awarded Wings of Desire three and a half stars, describing it as 'Haunting' and 'lyrical'?
A) Richard Schickel
B) Jonathan Rosenbaum
C) Leonard Maltin
D) James Monaco
- 78. What was edited out from the final scene of 'Wings of Desire'?
A) A dance sequence
B) A monologue by Damiel
C) An angelic choir performance
D) A pie fight between the stars
- 79. Where was the queer arts and music festival 'Wings of Desire' founded in 2023?
A) Café de la Danse, Paris, France
B) Bassiani, Tbilisi, Georgia
C) The Roundhouse, London, England
D) Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA
- 80. What did Peter Handke propose to add to the film during post-production?
A) A new musical score
B) His writings via voice-over
C) Color grading changes
D) New scenes with actors
- 81. Which critic awarded Wings of Desire four and a half stars in his 1992 Movie Guide?
A) David Stratton
B) Richard Corliss
C) James Monaco
D) Ian Nathan
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