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08/12/1950 Drama 1h 14m
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Overview

Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle's café in Benghazi, Libya, turns out to be the girl that the popular German wartime song Lili Marleen had been written for before the war, so both the British and the Germans try to use her for propaganda purposes - especially as it turns out that she can sing as well. When the Germans kidnap her in Cairo and she starts appearing in radio broadcasts from Berlin, her British soldier friends think that she's joined the enemy. They couldn't be more wrong, because after the war it turns out that her songs over the radio contained secret messages to London from British agents in Berlin.

  1. Arthur Crabtree

    Director

  2. Leslie Wood

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Lisa Daniely

    Lilli Marlene

  2. Hugh McDermott

    Steve

  3. Richard Murdoch

    Flight Lieutenant Murdoch / Capt. Wimpole

  4. Leslie Dwyer

    Berry

  5. Estelle Brody

    Estelle

  6. Cecil Brock

    O'Riley

  7. John Blythe

    Holt

  8. Stanley Baker

    Evans

  9. Ben Williams

    Brownie

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-05-26
Lisa Daniely is quite engaging as the eponymous character in this post-war homage to the sweethearts whose songs lifted many an heart during the hardships of WWII. She is working in a small North African bar that finds itself controlled by the British, the Nazis, then the British again - with both sides aware that she is the source of the legendary song, and with both equally aware of her enormous propaganda value. Amidst all this toing and froing, she meets and gradually falls for "Steve" (Hugh McDermott) before being recaptured by the Nazis and taken to Berlin where she is encouraged to make...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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