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Berlin - Take My Breath Away | Jovens do passado

Today we celebrate the Fall of the Berlin Wall which divided the city of Berlin from 1961 to 1989. In a historic concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin on Christmas Day 1989, Leonard Bernstein conducted Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, featuring an international cast following the Fall of the Berlin Wall. That night four soloists, three choirs, and members of six world class orchestras represented the two German states as well as the Four-Power Authorities. To celebrate the newfound freedom, Schiller’s “Ode

A few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Wim Wenders gave WINGS OF DESIRE (1987), his legendary Berlin portrait of the divided city, a sequel: FAR AWAY, SO CLOSE! (1993). Damiel (Bruno Ganz), the angel from WINGS OF DESIRE now lives a life as a human being. With his wife Marion (Solveig Dommartin) he runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo”, and they have a child together. The lonely angel Cassiel (Otto Sander), having been left behind, is more and more dissatisfied with his fate as a mere observer o