The True Story of Lili Marlene 1944
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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: 1944-01-02
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Documentary, War
- Stars:
- Director: Humphrey Jennings, Humphrey Jennings, Sidney Stone, J.B. Holmes
