The True Story of Lili Marlene (1944)

Year: 1944
Genres: Documentary, War
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Languages: English
Runtime: 30 min

Name: The True Story of Lili Marlene
Genre: Documentary, War
Released: 1944
Rating: 3.0

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.