Lili Marleen
6.4(90) 1981-01-14 120 minDramaWarRomance
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”.
DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
ProducerLuggi Waldleitner
ProducerEnzo Peri
Original Music ComposerPeer Raben
ScreenplayManfred Purzer
ScreenplayJoshua Sinclair
ScreenplayRainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast & characters
Hanna Schygulla
as Willie
Giancarlo Giannini
as Robert
Mel Ferrer
as David Mendelssohn
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
as Henkel
Erik Schumann
as von Strehlow
Hark Bohm
as Taschner
Gottfried John
as Aaron
Karin Baal
as Anna Lederer
Christine Kaufmann
as Miriam
Udo Kier
as Drewitz
Roger Fritz
as Kauffmann
Rainer Will
as Bernt
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Raúl Gimenez
as Blonsky
Adrian Hoven
as Ginsberg
Willy Harlander
as Prosel
Barbara Valentin
as Eva
Helen Vita
as Grete
Elisabeth Volkmann
as Marika
Lilo Pempeit
as Tamara
Traute Hoess
as Polin
Brigitte Mira
as Nachbarin
Herb Andress
as Reintgen
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Michael McLernon
as Schweizer Grenzbeamter
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Jürgen Draeger
as Journalist
