1944    30mDocumentary, Short
6.67.5
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

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  • Humphrey JenningsDirector / Writer
  • J.B. HolmesProducer
  • Sidney StoneEditor

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