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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.
- 14 January 1981
- Hanna Schygulla
Jan 14, 1981 · Lili Marleen: Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer, Karl-Heinz von Hassel. In 1938, a German singer falls in love with a Jewish composer in Zurich, who helps Jews flee Nazi Germany.
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Now in “Lili Marleen” here is another woman, named Willie, whose public life parallels the rise and fall of Nazism. The movie opens in 1938, late for a well-informed German to be naive about the Nazi party, but Willie doesn't seem very tuned in. She sings in a cabaret, she falls in love with Giancarlo Giannini, and she learns that Giannini ...
Apr 8, 2021 · movies. Lili Marleen (1981) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Publication date 1981 Topics film, cinema, movie. Addeddate 2021-04-08 20:07:38 Identifier lili-marleen-cd-1 ...
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Rated: 2/5 Sep 18, 2006 Full Review Michael Bronski Gay Community News (Boston) Lili Marleen is a good movie — there is enough action, romance, intrigue, and singing to keep the most restless ...
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- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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- Hanna Schygulla
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Lilli Marlene. (film) Lilli Marlene is a 1950 British war film aimed for the US market and directed by Arthur Crabtree. It stars Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, and Richard Murdoch. Stanley Baker is seen in one of his early support roles.
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”. Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
