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  • Awesome Music: "The Carny" and "From Her to Eternity" by Nick Cave, both played live by the man himself at the film's climax.
  • Heartwarming in Hindsight: The scene where Homer searches in vain for the then-demolished Potsdamer Platz and finds only rubble, weeds, and the Berlin Wall becomes bittersweet now that the Wall has not only fallen but the square itself has been redeveloped and is now a thriving commercial hub.
  • One-Scene Wonder: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds as themselves in the movie's climax.
  • Retroactive Recognition: Damiel is played by a pre-Downfall Bruno Ganz.
  • Sci Fi Ghetto: Even though it's basically a fantasy film, you'll pretty much never hear a critic describe it as that.
  • Tear Jerker:
    • The suicide, and Cassiel's anguished reaction to it.
    • The man dying on the street going through his happiest memories in the few minutes he has left.
  • The Woobie: A lot of the regular people the angels survey, such as the teenage prostitute and the suicidal man.

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