Lili Marleen

Lili Marleen

120 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 14, 1981

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”.

Lili Marleen

120 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 14, 1981

Lili Marleen
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”.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Roxy Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Rialto Films, CIP Filmproduktion GmbH
Original title Lili Marleen
Directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers Manfred Purzer, Werner Uschkurat, Joshua Sinclair, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Hanna Schygulla

as Willie

Giancarlo Giannini

as Robert

Mel Ferrer

as David Mendelssohn

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

Raúl Gimenez

as Blonsky

Adrian Hoven

as Ginsberg

Willy Harlander

as Prosel

Helen Vita

as Grete

Elisabeth Volkmann

as Marika

Lilo Pempeit

as Tamara

Traute Hoess

as Polin

Brigitte Mira

as Nachbarin

Herb Andress

as Reintgen

Michael McLernon

as Schweizer Grenzbeamter

Jürgen Draeger

as Journalist

Rudolf Lenz

as Dr. Glaubrecht

Harry Baer

as Norbert Schultze

Toni Netzle

as Frau Prosel

Daniel Schmid

as Pförtner

Peter Chatel

as SA-Mann

Volker Eckstein

as 1. SD-Mann

Helmut Petigk

as 2. SD-Mann

Werner Asam

as 3. SD-Mann

Dirk Galuba

as 4. SD-Mann

Sonja Neudorfer

as Frau Buerli

Irm Hermann

as Krankenschwester

Alexander Allerson

as Goedecke

Kristine De Loup

as Nachrichtensprecherin

Franz Buchrieser

as Thome (uncredited)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)

Michele Oliveri

as Soldier (uncredited)