Lili Marleen (1981)
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 90 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A German singer becomes a star during the Nazi era. Her love affair with a Swiss Jewish conductor puts them both in danger.
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What happens
Lili Marleen is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder that stars Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, and Mel Ferrer. Set in the time of the Third Reich, the film recounts the love affair between a German singer who becomes the darling of the nation, based on Lale Andersen, and a Swiss conductor, based on Rolf Liebermann, who is active in saving his fellow Jews. Though the screenplay uses the autobiographical novel Der Himmel hat viele Farben (The Heavens Have Many Colors) by Lale Andersen, her last husband, Arthur Beul, said the film bears little relation to her real life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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