The True Story of Lili Marlene
Directed by Humphrey Jennings1945 30m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [Short](/on-demand/category/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.
