Lili Marleen (1981)
Lili Marleen (1981)
HDTV 720p | MKV | 1280x720 | x264 @ 2531 Kbps | 115 min | 2,38 Gb
Audio: Deutsch AC3 2.0 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama, Romance
HDTV 720p | MKV | 1280x720 | x264 @ 2531 Kbps | 115 min | 2,38 Gb
Audio: Deutsch AC3 2.0 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers: Manfred Purzer (original screenplay), Joshua Sinclair (screenplay contributor)
Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
In Switzerland German singer 'Willie' falls in love with Jewish composer 'Robert' who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. But his family thinks that 'Willie' is also a Nazi and may be a risk for them. One day 'Willie' helps 'Robert' but has to stay in Germany. As Willie starts to sing the song 'Lili Marleen' she becomes very famous and every soldier hears that song via radio at 8 pm. Although even Hitler wants to meet her she still does not forget 'Robert' and helps to smuggle photos of concentration camps to the free Switzerland. When 'Robert' wants to visit her he is captured he can finally get free again but he will never see Willie again until war is over.
I consider this movie a masterpiece, but it took me at least 4 o 5 times to see it, so as to realize what a great movie it was. First, it describes a face of WW2 that we don't usually see in Hollywood movies. In particular, German soldiers, army and the Nazi government are shown more "humanized". One of the facts that impressed me most was the mention, by the end of the movie, of a murder that took place in a forest in the last 20's… that forest is the place where the final chapters of Berlin Alexanderplatz take place: those are the woods where Reinhold kills Mieze. Another clue for those who like the details, is the representation of doors. Fassbinder is obsessed with the changes in people each time they walk across a door, or a door is opened. Many doors are shown in the screen, opened and closed. And the characters change in their personality, their acts, etc any time that happens. Have you noticed that?
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Lili Marleen (1981)
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