Lili Marleen (film)
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| Directed by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
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| Starring | Hanna Schygulla |
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| Music by | Peer Raben |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Lili Marleen is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Hanna Schygulla.[1] The screenplay was produced using the autobiographical novel Der Himmel hat viele Farben (The Heavens Have Many Colors) by Lale Andersen. However, according to Andersen's last husband, Arthur Beul, the film's plot bore little relation to her real life.
Plot[]
The film is set during the Third Reich and is about the forbidden love between the German singer Willie (Hanna Schygulla) and the Swiss Jewish composer Robert Mendelssohn (a character based on Rolf Liebermann), who actively seeks to help an underground group of German Jews.
Cast[]
- Hanna Schygulla as Willie
- Giancarlo Giannini as Robert
- Mel Ferrer as David Mendelsson
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Roman Henkel
- Erik Schumann as Joachim von Strehlow
- Hark Bohm as Hugo Taschner
- Gottfried John as Aaron Nolte
- Karin Baal as Anna Lederer
- Christine Kaufmann as Miriam
- Udo Kier as Heinrich Drewitz
- Roger Fritz as Christoph Kauffmann
- Rainer Will as Edgar Bernt
- Raúl Gimenez as Emil Blonsky
- Adrian Hoven as Hellmuth Ginsberg
- Willy Harlander as Michael Prosel
Awards and nominations[]
Of the 23 theatrical films that Fassbinder directed, Lili Marleen was the only one that Germany submitted to the academy to be considered for a Best Foreign Language Film nomination. The film, while a German production, was one of the few that Fassbinder shot in English. Ultimately, the film was not nominated.[2]
See also[]
- List of submissions to the 54th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References[]
- ^ Canby, Vincent (2007). "New York Times: Lili Marleen". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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