Released:
1981-01-14

Overview:
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”.

Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime:
2h 0min

Genre:
Drama, War, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Hanna Schygulla
  as
  Willie
• 
  Giancarlo Giannini
  as
  Robert
• 
  Mel Ferrer
  as
  David Mendelssohn
• 
  Karl-Heinz von Hassel
  as
  Henkel
• 
  Erik Schumann
  as
  von Strehlow