This is a fantasy-style literary film that Wim returned to Germany to shoot after many years in the United States. It replaces narrative with lyricism. It is the closest film to poetry, and the object of praise is Berlin . Wim, who is good at making road movies, changed space into a time journey this time, allowing two angels to walk from one story to another. The photography has outstanding performance, the black and white processing in the front part is full of lost sentiment, and the color transition in the latter part is also quite soft and coordinated. The sequel "The End of the World" revolves around another angel, Ernst Cassirer. Ten years later, Hollywood remakes with a big star, titled " City of Angels ", which tells the story of male angels being attracted by the kind and fragile female doctors in the world. It is very hypocritical and far from the original.
Wim originally planned to collaborate with Peter Handke to write the script. But Handke preferred to write the entire script independently, so he agreed to write the scripts in some important scenes, and Wim himself would write the rest.
All black-and-white film shots taken with a light filter are the effect of a pair of socks of the photographer Henry Eleken’s grandmother.
Elekun Circus is named after photographer Henry Elekun.
Otto Sander looks very sad sitting on the bus, holding his head in both hands.
