Directed by:
Rainer Werner FassbinderComposer:
Peer RabenCast:
Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Erik Schumann, Hark Bohm, Gottfried John, Karin Baal, Christine Kaufmann, Udo Kier (more)Plots(1)
Inspired a song that was extremely popular with the German soldiers during WW II, this fictional story begins in 1938 while Wilkie Bunterberg (Hanna Schygulla), a third-tier cabaret singer, performs in a Zurich nightclub. It is her boyfriend, a Swiss Jew who also turns out to be a resistance fighter who pens her the famous song Lili Marleen. She sings it in Germany and it becomes a hit with the German troops. As a result, Hitler himself invites her to perform for him. This does not set well with the songwriter's powerful who, upon learning that Marleen has become a famed singer in Germany, seek to have her barred from Switzerland. This does not stop the songwriter from loving her though and desperate to see her one last time, he sneaks into Berlin for a tryst. Unfortuantely he is arrested and she gets blacklisted. They do not see each other again until after the war. By this time, their lives have changed considerably. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Lilo Pempeit](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/405/159405968_fe2dd6.jpg)
Lilo Pempeit
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
![Dirk Galuba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/178/158178187_04178a.jpg)
Dirk Galuba
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Lili Marleen (1981)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
![Daniel Schmid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312435_4bb8fd.jpg)
Daniel Schmid
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
The American Friend (1977)
Lili Marleen (1981)
![Peter Chatel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/427/159427230_6632bf.jpg)
Peter Chatel
German Empire
Best movies:
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Fox and His Friends (1975)
![Alexander Allerson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/428/159428403_14eea3.jpg)
Alexander Allerson
German Empire
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
Satan's Brew (1976)
I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) (TV movie)
Sonja Neudorfer
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Satan's Brew (1976)
![Elisabeth Volkmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/272/161272355_357242.jpg)
Elisabeth Volkmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Lola (1981)
Veronika Voss (1982)
Lili Marleen (1981)
![Helen Vita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/512/159512502_c9a1b8.jpg)
Helen Vita
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Cabaret (1972)
Satan's Brew (1976)
![Michele Oliveri](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/756/159756283_0dc594.jpg)
Michele Oliveri
West Germany
Best movies:
Lili Marleen (1981)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Il Capitano Maria (2018) (series)
![Traute Hoess](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/038/160038887_8c5311.jpg)
Traute Hoess
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
North Face (2008)
Sun Alley (1999)
![Werner Asam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/221/160221863_d1c944.jpg)
Werner Asam
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Wannsee Conference (1984) (TV movie)
Lili Marleen (1981)
Herb Andress
Austria
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
I Leopardi di Churchill (1970)
![Rainer Will](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/424/162424280_a3ef9d.png)
Rainer Will
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Palermo oder Wolfsburg (1980)
Lola (1981)
Volker Eckstein
Germany
Best movies:
Lili Marleen (1981)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Rudolf Lenz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/272/161272395_b83889.jpg)
Rudolf Lenz
Austria
Best movies:
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Fox and His Friends (1975)
Effi Briest (1974)
Reinhilde Decleir
Belgium
Best movies:
Blind (2007)
Lili Marleen (1981)
Juliane Lorenz
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
![Willy Harlander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/411/161411237_bfd5b2.jpg)
Willy Harlander
German Empire
Best movies:
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Degree of Murder (1967)
Lili Marleen (1981)
Jürgen Draeger
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (1963)
Lili Marleen (1981)
Kristine de Loup
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Lili Marleen (1981)