The True Story of Lili Marlene
1944, English. Directed by Humphrey Jennings.
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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- 0h 30m
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- English
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- 2 January 1944
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The True Story of Lili Marlene isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 1944. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The True Story of Lili Marlene?
The True Story of Lili Marlene (1944) was directed by Humphrey Jennings.