Film Screening of Der Himmel über Berlin (July 18th 2023)

The Auckland Goethe Society’s latest film screening was the 1987 award winning German fantasy/romance film, Der Himmel über Berlin, courtesy of the Goethe-Institut.

The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. One of the angels falls in love with a beautiful, lonely trapeze artist. The angel chooses to become mortal so that he can experience human sensory pleasures, ranging from enjoying food to touching a loved one, and so that he can discover human love with the trapeze artist.

Our film nights are always a fantastic opportunity to engage with German films you may have never seen before—or seen several times! We host film screenings a few times a year, so keep an eye out for our next event.

Written by Vanessa Chong