Lili Marleen (1981)
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
- Released
- 1981-01-14
- Genres
- Drama, War, Romance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Manfred Purzer, Joshua Sinclair, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 94 votes
Cast
- Hanna Schygulla as Willie
- Giancarlo Giannini as Robert
- Mel Ferrer as David Mendelssohn
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Henkel
- Erik Schumann as von Strehlow
- Hark Bohm as Taschner
- Gottfried John as Aaron
- Karin Baal as Anna Lederer
- Christine Kaufmann as Miriam
- Udo Kier as Drewitz
- Roger Fritz as Kauffmann
- Rainer Will as Bernt