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The True Story of Lili Marlene (1944) | Slate

The True Story of Lili Marlene

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Rated 7.5 on TMDB

The True Story of Lili Marlene

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.

Released: 1944
Runtime: 30m
Genres: Documentary, War
Language: English

Direction and writing

Humphrey JenningsDirector, Writer

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