The Wings is a 1916 Swedish silent film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Nils Asther, Egil Eide, Lars Hanson, Lili Bech, and Julius Hälsig. It was based on Herman Bang's 1902 novel Mikaël, which was the same source Carl Theodor Dreyer used for his 1924 film Michael.

Plot

The story is that of a conniving countess, Lucia De Zamikow, coming between a gay sculptor, Claude Zoret, and his bisexual model and lover, Mikaël. Zoret is a renowned artist who is inspired by a young man he meets in the Scandinavian woods and insists on making a naked sculpture of him. The young man, Mikaël agrees and becomes his apprentice.