Wings of Desire opens with bird's-eye views of a fragmented Berlin that was mutilated during World War II. The city still bears the wounds of the war and is unable to recover: the worst part is where the Wall is located, like the scalpel that opens and divides the skin into two halves, as it can no longer be one. An angel, who is later introduced as Damiel, stands on the highest part of a destroyed church, observing a devastated Berlin, a city trying to recover from the war and its citizens struggling to return to normality and reclaim their lives. The entire shot is presented to the viewer in black and white, as if the angels and the viewer share the same colorless world. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay The omniscient vision of the film allows the viewer to witness the story, as if they were watching it from the outside and being – in some way – left aside by the story. This is why, although the viewer sees through Damiel's eyes, he remains himself, with his own thoughts and feelings. The viewer realizes, as the film progresses, that there is not just one, but many angels in the city. Damiel constantly shares thoughts with another angel, Cassiel, about how different the world is for humans and angels. Later, when Damiel and Cassiel discuss creation – the so-called Genesis story – these differences make much more sense. Angels have been there forever, so they already existed when the glaciers began to melt, when fish appeared followed by all kinds of animals. When the first human appeared, with the physical appearance of an angel, Damiel and Cassiel remember how they laughed at them. However, they were shocked when humans discovered how to fight, as this led to war. The viewer should keep in mind that, although the angels appear to live idyllic lives and look remarkably young, they have incredibly old and wise souls. Angels may appear human, but they never were. So, since angels are immortal, they lack the most important thing in a human being, that is, his mortality. The reason behind how human beings are, why they live the way they live or why they do the things they do the way they do is simply – but not so simple – because they have a ticking clock that reminds them of their fleeting nature. Therefore, the viewer experiences this mortality and the desire to experience life to its fullest – as all humans do – with scenes full of color, as if the viewer is looking through a vividly colored kaleidoscope. Human beings are alive, one of the main reasons is because they feel, since it is through suffering that they know they are alive. It is because human beings experience sadness that they experience happiness and vice versa. Angels, on the other hand, are unable to see colors or experience anything through the five senses. Therefore, not only do angels not love or feel loved, but they cannot even influence human life. This is what the viewer sees when Damiel, as well as Cassiel, sees humans suffer and struggle throughout their lives, tries to understand and comfort them, but the angels can only attempt to alleviate human worries, not cure the disease. This is what the viewer sees in the shot where Cassiel and a young man are standing on a roof, Cassiel tries to console the man but fails. In the end, this man ends up committing suicide and Cassiel seems unable to believe it, like he's shocked, but he can't be, right? On a positive note, Damiel wants to become human, as is shown in the.