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Girl You Know It's True

Girl You Know It's True

The biggest scandal in music history.

20237.32h 4m

Overview

The rise and fall of Milli Vanilli, a studio group assembled by German producer Frank Farian and fronted by nightclub dancers Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan. After a string of worldwide hit singles, awards and performances, it was revealed that the duo never sang a note of their songs, leading to one of the biggest scandals in music history.

Directed by Simon Verhoeven
Written by Simon Verhoeven
Produced by Quirin Berg, Kirstin Winkler, Max Wiedemann
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Top Cast

Elan Ben Ali

Elan Ben Ali

Fabrice Morvan

Tijan Njie

Tijan Njie

Robert Pilatus

Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer

Frank Farian

Graham Rogers

Graham Rogers

Todd Headlee

Bella Dayne

Bella Dayne

Ingrid 'Milli' Segieth

Nico Ehrenteit

Nico Ehrenteit

Michael

Sebastian Kempf

Sebastian Kempf

Kai

David Baalcke

David Baalcke

Konrad

Ulrike Arnold

Ulrike Arnold

Anna Pilatus

Roxanne Rittmann

Roxanne Rittmann

Emily

Themes & Keywords

based on true storyscandalpop group1990splayback singerlipsync

About Girl You Know It's True

Girl You Know It's True is a drama, history, music film released in 2023 exploring themes of based on true story, scandal, pop group, 1990s, playback singer, lipsync. Directed by Simon Verhoeven, it stars Elan Ben Ali, Tijan Njie, Matthias Schweighöfer. The rise and fall of Milli Vanilli, a studio group assembled by German producer Frank Farian and fronted by nightclub dancers Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan. After a string of worldwide hit singles, awards and performances, it was revealed that the duo never sang a note of their songs, leading to one of the biggest scandals in music history.

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