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Director: |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Starring: |
Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer, Willy Harlander, Adrian Hoven, Raúl Gimenez, Rainer Will, Roger Fritz, Udo Kier, Karin Baal, Gottfried John, Hark Bohm, Erik Schumann, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Christine Kaufmann
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Genres: |
Drama, Music, Romantic Drama, War
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Origin: |
Germany
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Certificate: |
M
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Languages: |
English,
German
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Subtitles: |
English
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Running Time: |
120 min
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Fassbinder's Lili Marleen is an extravagant story of love, war and propaganda in the shadows of Nazi Germany. Willie (Hanna Schygulla) is a German cabaret singer working in Zurich. She is in love with Robert, a Jewish anti-Nazi activist and composer. When Willie's version of Robert's song "Lili Marleen" becomes a hit with the German troops, she becomes synonymous with the song, with the Third Reich and the war effort, feted as a national icon and celebrated even by the Führer himself.
Enraged that his son's work has been co-opted by anti-Semites, Robert's father plays a cruel trick on the couple, forcing them apart. But the two cannot forget one another, and they each determine to risk everything for the one they love.
DVD Special Features
Audio commentary by Roger Hillman
Hanna Schygulla on Lili Marleen
Original theatrical trailer
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