Error creating thumbnail: File missing Join our Discord!
If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here.

Lili Marleen (1981)

From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Jump to navigation Jump to search


Lili Marleen
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing West Germany
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Release Date January 14, 1981
Language English
German
Studio Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
CIP Filmproduktion GmbH
Rialto Film
Roxy Films
Distributor Tobis
Main Cast
Character Actor
Willie Bunterberg Hanna Schygulla
Robert Mendelsson Giancarlo Giannini
David Mendelsson Mel Ferrer
Roman Henkel Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Joachim von Strehlow Erik Schumann
Hugo Taschner Hark Bohm
Aaron Nolte Gottfried John


Lili Marleen is a 1981 film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (World on a Wire). The screenplay was written using the novel Heaven Has Many Colors by Lale Andersen. However, according to Lale Andersen's last husband Artur Beul, the film plot has not much in common with her real life. Zurich, 1938: The love between the German bar singer Willie Bunterberg and Robert Mendelsohn, the son of rich Jewish parents, is not under a good star from the beginning. The persecution of the Jews in Germany takes on ever more terrible proportions and a wartime mood prevails everywhere. Robert's father is also against their relationship and sees to it that Willie is deported to their homeland. In Germany, their song "Lili Marleen" is broadcast on the radio and immediately becomes a hit. Willie becomes a star overnight. While she is increasingly involved in Nazi propaganda campaigns, Robert is arrested by the Gestapo. With secret documents about extermination camps, which Willie smuggles out of Poland, she now tries to save Robert's life.

There is a 1950 British movie named Lilli Marlene with a completely different plot.


The following weapons were used in the film Lili Marleen (1981):


Pistols

Luger P08

SS-Gruppenführer (Major General) Henkel (Karl-Heinz von Hassel) keeps a Luger P08 in his holster.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Luger P08 with black grips - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The bottom of the grip can be seen. Also note the collar insignia which matches an SS-Brigadeführer (Brigadier General); one rank below the called rank in the movie. However, the shoulder insignia is correct.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Another view of the holstered Luger.

Unknwon Pistol

An unknown pistol is seen in SS-Standartenführer (Colonel) von Strehlow's (Erik Schumann) holster.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The pistol's grip is seen in his holster. His shoulder insignia is one of an SS-Sturmbannführer (Major); two ranks lower of the Standartenführer.

Submachine Guns

MP40

Some MP40s are carried by German soldiers.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Maschinenpistole 40 - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A soldier guarding a camp with his MP40.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Robert Mendelsson (Giancarlo Giannini) looks at a Gestapo man pointing an MP40 at him.

Erma EMP 35

At least, one German soldier wields an Erma EMP.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Erma EMP (Erma EMP 35)- 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The soldier escorts Robert to the bridge meeting.

Sten Mk. II

The henchmen of David Mendelsson (Mel Ferrer) hold Sten Mk II submachine guns.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Sten Mark II (Canadian) - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
An agent holds his Sten.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The Canadian stock is seen.

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

The most used rifle is the Karabiner 98k. Bernt (Rainer Will) and Hugo Taschner (Hark Bohm) are seen several times with Kar98ks.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The slung Kar98k of Obergefreiter (Corporal) Lederer.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
German soldiers in a trench with Karabiners listening to Lili Marleen for the first time.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Willie next to two soldiers shouldering their carbines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A view of the unhooded front sight of Bernt's Kar98k.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
German soldiers at the Swiss border hold their carbines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Hugo leads a small unit on the Eastern front. All of them carry Karabiner 98k.

Mauser Puška vz. 98/22

Three German soldiers at the train station can be seen with full-length Mauser rifles which appear to be Vz. 98/22 Czech Mausers.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Puška CZ Brno 98/22 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The rifle is seen blurred in the background.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Two soldiers with their Mausers walking to the train. The tangent-leaf rear sight and straight bolt handle are visible.

Mauser Carbine

At least, one German soldier is very briefly seen with a Mauser Carbine which could either be a 1909 Argentine Mauser Cavalry & Mountain carbine or an M43 Spanish Mauser.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Mauser 1909 Modelo Argentino - 7.65x53mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
mosquetón Mauser Coruña modelo 1943 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*

American, British, and some German soldiers can be seen with Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* - .303 British
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Several SMLEs are stucked together on the right.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A GI grips his SMLE.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A closer view of the muzzle.

M1903 Springfield

Although not seen in detail, M1903 Springfields can be seen in the hands of some British and U.S. soldiers.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Springfield M1903 Transitional (pre-WW2) issue - .30-06 Springfield
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A British soldier stands with his Springfield rifle in the desert.

Mosin Nagant M91/30

Soviet soldiers carry Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles at the end of the movie.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Four Soviet soldiers aim their Mosin-Nagant rifles.

Machine Guns

Browning M1919A6

The barrel of a Browning M1919A6 can briefly be seen.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
M1919A6, late WWII manufacture with muzzle booster - .30-06 Springfield
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The Browning is seen on the left.

Unknown Machine Gun

Soviet soldiers can be seen with an unknown water-cooled machine gun which appears to be a Swedish Kulspruta M/1936. The same machine gun is also manned by a German soldier.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Kulspruta M/1936 - 6.5×55mm; for comparision
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Soviet soldiers rest next to their machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A German soldier on the left is seen with an unknown machine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A Soviet gunner mans the gun.

Trivia

Near all of the fighting scenes are taken from the 1977 WWII film Cross of Iron and its 1979 unofficial sequel Breakthrough.