Wings of Desire marked Wenders’ “homecoming” and was his first German film after eight years in America. The film has achieved cult status all around the world; in 1998, it was remade under the title City of Angels, which features Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan in the lead roles. The main characters are guardian angels—benevolent, invisible beings in trench coats—who listen to the thoughts of mortals and attempt to comfort them. One of them, Damiel (Bruno Ganz), wishes to become human after he falls in love with the beautiful trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin). He leaves behind his old friend Cassiel (Otto Sander), who continues to be accompanied by Homer (Curt Bois), the “storyteller of humanity.