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. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.7/10 | |
Released: | April 1, 1945 | |
Runtime: | 21 min | |
Genres: | Documentary Short War | |
Countries: | United Kingdom | |
Companies: | Crown Film Unit | |
Cast: | Marius Goring Lucie Mannheim Pat Hughes | |
Crew: | Humphrey Jennings | |
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