Lili Marleen (film)

Lili Marleen is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Hanna Schygulla. The screenplay was produced using the autobiographical novel Der Himmel hat viele Farben The Heavens Have Many Colors by Lale Andersen. However, according to Lale Andersens last husband, Arthur Beul, the films plot bore little relation to her real life.

Of thetheatrical films that Fassbinder directed, Lili Marleen was the only one that Germany submitted to the Academy to be considered for a Best Foreign Language Film nomination the film, while a German production, was one of the few that Fassbinder shot in English. Ultimately, the film was not nominated.

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