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Peter Handke

Born December 6, 1942 in Griffen, Austria12 films

Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 2019, Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."

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Wings of Desire posterFirst watchWings of Desire19877.8Their most acclaimed film, and an easy way in.Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them.View film

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City of Angels poster6.8City of Angels1998Wrong Move poster6.7Wrong Move1975

Filmography

12 films
  1. 2016The Beautiful Days of AranjuezNovel
  2. 2013Glass: Spuren der VerirrtenStory
  3. 1998City of AngelsOriginal Film Writer
  4. 1993The AbsenceNovel
  5. 1987Wings of DesireScreenplay
  6. 1978The Left-Handed WomanNovel
  7. 1978Short Letter to the Long GoodbyeNovel
  8. 1975The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickDialogue
  9. 1975Wrong MoveScreenplay
  10. 1974KasparWriter
  11. 19693 American LPsWriter
  12. 1966Offending the AudienceWriter