Lili Marleen

Thu Jun 27, 2013

21:00

Location

Goethe-Institut Zypern
21 Markou Drakou
Nicosia, Nicosia 1102

Description

From the beginning, the love Willie has for Robert is sorely tested. The apparently peaceful Zurich of 1938 is already overshadowed by the coming events. Robert’s father is an influential lawyer and director of a Jewish refugee organization who tries hard to prevent Willie′s return to Switzerland. World events drive the two further and further apart. When war breaks out their connection seems completely severed. But Willie is fortunate. A song she recorded some time before, and which seemed forgotten, is broadcast by the military broadcasting station in Belgrade, pervading the solitude of the soldiers. The song will outlast the war, but love will not.

Cast:
Hanna Schygulla (Willie)
Giancarlo Giannini (Robert)
Mel Ferrer (David Mendelsson)
Karl-Heinz von Hassel (Henkel)

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer: Manfred Purzer, Joshua Sinclair
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Production Year: 1981

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