Lili Marleen (1981)

Note Générale:

7,2/10   

Réalisateur:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Scénaristes:

Lale Andersen (novel)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (additional dialogue)

Date de sortie:

14 janvier 1981 (Allemagne de l'ouest)

Genre:

Drame | Musique | Romance | Guerre

Intrigue:

In Switzerland German singer 'Willie' falls in love with Jewish composer 'Robert' who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Song | Radio | Soldier | Germany

Avis des utilisateurs:

Engaging but frightfully British...

Ensemble

Hanna Schygulla	...	Willie
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Robert
Mel Ferrer	...	David Mendelsson
Karl-Heinz von Hassel	...	Henkel (as Karl Heinz von Hassel)
Erik Schumann	...	von Strehlow
Hark Bohm	...	Taschner
Gottfried John	...	Aaron
Karin Baal	...	Anna Lederer
Christine Kaufmann	...	Miriam
Udo Kier	...	Drewitz
Roger Fritz	...	Kauffmann
Rainer Will	...	Bernt
Raúl Gimenez	...	Blonsky (as Raul Giminez)
Adrian Hoven	...	Ginsberg
Willy Harlander	...	Prosel

Durée:

120 min | Brazil:111 min

Pays:

Allemagne de l'ouest

Langue:

Anglais | Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:R(A) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Lieux de tournage:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Société:

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Anecdotes:

The character of Willi is loosely based on the German singer Lale Andersen who was the real Lili Marleen.

Goofs:

Erreurs faites par les personnages (éventuellement des erreurs délibérées par les cinéastes): The German officer, Kaufmann, who arrests Robert on the train wears the uniform of an SS-Gruppenfuhrer (General) - it is highly unlikely that an SS General of such rank would be checking identity papers at random on a train.

Connexions:

figure dans Die Nacht der Regisseure (1995)

Engaging but frightfully British...

Jolly good show eld chap - bit of a must see if you like that eld song... I don't know what the makers of this film were thinking, but it was obviously something along the lines of "Dash it all! We appear to got ourselves into a spot of bother here! Too many of the chaps and gels have accents which aren't quite up to par! Well, not to fear - technology to the rescue! I'll just call up the chaps at the club and get them to lend their distinguished Queens English voices to making this film a ripping english yarn about a German singer and a Swiss Jewish music artist..."

Well, the dubbing of an obviously English film with 'upper crust' English accents had me rolling in the aisles, snorting with laughter at some points throughout the film - it all rather distracted from what was really a very good film. Although the editing was a bit choppy in places (1970's relict directing?), the film faily trundles along providing a genteel look at the distractions and hardships WWII had on life in Europe. True, towards the end, one can sympathise with Giancarlo Giannini's 'torture' scene where the Germans lock him up in a room to listen to a couple of lines from the song, 'Lili Marleen' over and over again... How much was Giannini acting and how much was genuine suffering??? But, if you can overlook the dreadful dubbing, this is a good film!