Lili Marleen
Summary: In 1938, a German singer falls in love with a Jewish composer in Zurich, who helps Jews flee Nazi Germany. She wants to help but is forced back to Germany. Her song "Lili Marleen" becomes a hit with soldiers and the Nazi top.
Release Date: January 14, 1981
Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
MPAA: R
Distributor: United Artists Classics
Country: West Germany
Language: German
Movie budget: $ 10,500,000
Domestic: $ 8,144
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1940s360 degree panbased on novelbased on true storyberlin germanyborder crossingburned faceclass differenceconcentration campdirector cameofalse identityfamefamous songfemale singerforged papersgerman swiss bordergestapoimpossible lovejewishlooking at oneself in a mirrorloosely based on a true storylovemunich germanynazinazi germanynazi occupied polandnazi officernazi regimenazi rulenazi soldiernazi uniformnew german cinemaone way mirrorparty memberpretending to have a headachepsychological tortureradiorecording studioresistance movementsecret filmsigning an autographsingersingingsongspreading rumorstage actsuccessswastikaswitzerlandtarot cardtitle based on songtitle spoken by charactertitle spoken by narratorunexpected famewedding proposalwoman slaps a manworld war twoyear 1938zurich switzerland
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