Richard Reitinger (born 1951) is a German screenwriter. He is known for co-writing the 1987 film ''

Wings of Desire ''Wings of Desire'' (, ; ) is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger, and directed by Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its ...

'' with

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and director Wim Wenders. As Handke submitted writings for the project, Reitinger assisted Wenders in scripting scenes around Handke's contributions. Reitinger later reunited with Wenders to write the ''Wings of Desire'' sequel ''

Faraway, So Close! ''Faraway, So Close!'' (german: In weiter Ferne, so nah!) is a 1993 German fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders. The screenplay is by Wenders, Richard Reitinger and Ulrich Zieger. It is a sequel to Wenders' 1987 film '' Wings of Desire''. Actors ...

'' with Ulrich Ziegler, with Reitinger and Ziegler responsible for the bulk of the screenplay. ''Faraway, So Close!'' went on to win the

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at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Originally from

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

, Reitinger later resided in

Kleinmachnow Kleinmachnow is a municipality of about 20,000 inhabitants in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated South-West of the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf and East of Potsdam. First mentioned in the Landbuch of Karl ...

and worked as an art director at Hamburg Media School.

Filmography

His films include: *''

'' (1987) *''

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'' (1990) (actor) *''

'' (1993) *'' City of Angels'' (1998) (based on ''Wings of Desire'') *''

SuperTex ''SuperTex'' is a 2003 English-language Dutch film directed by Jan Schütte and starring Stephen Mangan, Jan Decleir, Maureen Lipman, and Victor Löw. Cast * Stephen Mangan * Jan Decleir * Elliot Levey Elliot Levey (born 6 December 1973) i ...

'' (2004)

References

1951 births German screenwriters German male screenwriters Living people Male actors from Munich Film people from Munich {{germany-film-bio-stub