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Lili Marleen (1981)

Lili Marleen (1981)

Drama Romance War
Release Date: 1981, January 14
Directors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Countries: Germany
Production: Rialto Films, Rialto Films, Roxy Film, Roxy Film, CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, BR, BR
Cast: Helen Vita, Giancarlo Giannini, Udo Kier, Hanna Schygulla, Gottfried John, Rainer Will, Traute Hoess, Hark Bohm, Mel Ferrer, Herb Andress, Alexander Allerson, Irm Hermann

Overview:

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”.

Keywords:

musical resistance jewry berlin, germany in love with enemy show business switzerland music record radio station zurich