Wings of Desire
Though Silberling did not use the black-and-white the angels see in the original "Wings of Desire" and "Faraway, So Close!", the remake does borrow the idea of angels inhabiting libraries. Wenders and his crew also developed the costume design of overcoats for angels, with Wenders telling Silberling they experimented with costumes during production before deciding on this look. The ending of the story was altered, so Maggie is killed, a less happy conclusion than the original. Silberling equated this to a scene in "Wings of Desire" where the angel protagonist goes to the side of a motorcyclist near death.