Lili Marleen (1981)
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Movie Info
Cast
as Wilkie Bunterberg
as Robert Mendelsson
as David Mendelsson
as Henkel
as von Strehlow
as Miriam
as Tascher
as Anna Lederer
as Drewitz
as Aaron
as Marika
as Eva
as Grete
as Ginsberg
as Prosel
as Bernt
as Tamara
as Goedecke
as Dr. Glaubrecht
as Guenter Weissenborn Rainer
as Thorne
as Blonsky
as Kauffmann
as Neighbor
as Reintgen
as Swiss officer
as Norbert Schultze
as Doorman
as SA man
as 4th SD man
as Mrs. Buerli
as Nurse
as Doctor
as Journalist
as Mrs. Prosel
Critic Reviews for Lili Marleen
All Critics (7) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (5)
Fassbinder repeatedly depicts the song comforting lonely soldiers and then accompanying scenes of carnage. The devastating effect boomerangs.
What is new for a Fassbinder work is that the film is far more entertaining to watch than it is interesting to speculate about. That means it's a disappointment.
It has a wicked sense of humor, displayed in Fassbinder's two favorite opposites, understatement and hyperbole.
The meanings are banal and the pace is heavy, but Fassbinder's use of color -- as throughout his late period -- is superb.
Fassbinder at half speed is still good, but this film... is still a disappointment.
Though Fassbinder's camerawork is excellent, including some allusions to the famous German studio UFA, his themes are never really developed.
Audience Reviews for Lili Marleen
One may wonder why Fassbinder decided to indulge himself in an unimpressive, seemingly underdeveloped Hollywood-like movie made only for entertainment, and it loses its way in the last act to the point of even including a completely pointless self-reference.
Super Reviewer
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