The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
93 audience votes
Key crew
- Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector
- Manfred PurzerScreenplay
- Joshua SinclairScreenplay
- Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay
Cast
- Hanna SchygullaWillie
- Giancarlo GianniniRobert
- Mel FerrerDavid Mendelssohn
- Karl-Heinz von HasselHenkel
- Erik Schumannvon Strehlow
- Hark BohmTaschner
- Gottfried JohnAaron
- Karin BaalAnna Lederer
- Christine KaufmannMiriam
- Udo KierDrewitz
- Roger FritzKauffmann
- Rainer WillBernt
Stills
Themes
berlin, germanymusic recordradio stationresistancein love with enemyshow businessjewryzurichswitzerlandmusical