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The True Story of Lili Marlene

The True Story of Lili Marlene

1944 · 30 min · ★ 7.5 · Documentary, War

The Eighth Army famously adopted a German song in the Western Desert. The Crown Film Unit traces the journey of Lili Marlene from its composition in post-WW1 Hamburg, via Radio Belgrade and the Afrika Korps, through victory in Tunisia and Sicily, to an imagined post-war East End, full of light, music and bananas for sale.

Directed by Humphrey Jennings · Written by Humphrey Jennings

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