Lili Marleen

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer Werner Uschkurat (Dialogue), Manfred Purzer (Screenplay), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Screenplay), Joshua Sinclair (Screenplay)
Release Date January 14, 1981
Runtime 120 min (2h 0m)
Country Germany
Language DE
Budget N/A
Box Office $8,144
Studios Rialto Films • Roxy Film • CIP Filmproduktion GmbH

Lili Marleen (1981)

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Written by Werner Uschkurat , Manfred Purzer , Rainer Werner Fassbinder
⭐ 3.3 / 5 (94 votes) ⏱️ 120 min 🎬 Drama, War, Romance

Ratings Breakdown:

94 ratings
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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”.

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Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director
 Dialogue Werner Uschkurat
Werner Uschkurat
Dialogue
 Screenplay Manfred Purzer
Manfred Purzer
Screenplay
 Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Willie
 Giancarlo Giannini
Giancarlo Giannini
Robert
 Mel Ferrer
Mel Ferrer
David Mendelssohn
 Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Henkel
 Erik Schumann
Erik Schumann
von Strehlow
 Hark Bohm
Hark Bohm
Taschner
 Gottfried John
Gottfried John
Aaron
 Karin Baal
Karin Baal
Anna Lederer
 Christine Kaufmann
Christine Kaufmann
Miriam
 Udo Kier
Udo Kier
Drewitz
 Roger Fritz
Roger Fritz
Kauffmann
 Rainer Will
Rainer Will
Bernt