Lili Marleen

1981Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Released: January 14, 1981
Runtime: 2h

About Lili Marleen

Drama
War
Romance

Synopsis

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”.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers: Werner Uschkurat
Manfred Purzer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Joshua Sinclair

Principal cast

In billing order

Hanna SchygullaWillie
Giancarlo GianniniRobert
Mel FerrerDavid Mendelssohn
Karl-Heinz von HasselHenkel
Erik Schumannvon Strehlow
Hark BohmTaschner

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