Lili Marleen (film)

Lili Marleen
Lili Marleen
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder ; Manfred Purzer ; Joshua Sinclair ; Werner Ushkurat
Based on	The Heavens Have Many Colors ; by Lale Andersen
Produced by	Luggi Waldleitner; Enzo Peri; Horst Wendlandt;
Starring	Hanna Schygulla
Cinematography	Xaver Schwarzenberger; Michael Ballhaus;
Edited by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Juliane Lorenz;
Music by	Peer Raben
Release date	14 January 1981;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Lili Marleen is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder that stars Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, and Mel Ferrer.^[1] Set in the time of the Third Reich, the film recounts the love affair between a German singer who becomes the darling of the nation, based on Lale Andersen, and a Swiss conductor, based on Rolf Liebermann, who is active in saving his fellow Jews. Though the screenplay uses the autobiographical novel Der Himmel hat viele Farben (The Heavens Have Many Colors) by Lale Andersen, her last husband, Arthur Beul, said the film bears little relation to her real life.

^ 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.

[NY_Times-1] 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.

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