Production Credits

  • Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Script: Manfred Purzer
  • Based on: the novel 'Der Himmel Hat Viele Farben – Leben Mit Einem Lied (the Sky Has Many Colours – Life With a Song' (1972) by Lale Andersen
  • Cinematographer: Xaver Schwarzenberger
  • Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
  • Editors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (as Franz Walsch), Juliane Lorenz
  • Production Designer: Rolf Zehetbauer
  • Art Director: Herbert Strabel
  • Costume Designer: Barbara Baum
  • Music: Peer Raben
  • Production Companies: Rialto Film Preben Philipsen, Berlin, Roxy Film, Munich, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, CIP Filmproduktionsgesellschaft, Berlin
  • Print Source / Rights: Beta Film
  • Year: 1980
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Country: West Germany
  • Languages: English, German, (with English subtitles)
  • Sound: Mono
  • Colour: Colour, Fujicolor
  • Screening Format: 35mm, 1.66:1