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.
Humphrey Jennings
Director, Writer
Padomju stāsts73%
Korengal66%
For Sama82%
The Age of Stupid65%
Father Soldier Son65%
They Shall Not Grow Old77%
20 Days in Mariupol80%
The Battle of San Pietro61%
Why We Fight: Prelude to War65%
2000 Meters to Andriivka79%
Bitter Lake75%
Public Speaking70%
Directed by John Ford70%
Restrepo72%
The Captains63%
Let There Be Light73%
The Battle of Midway59%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Virunga79%
City of Ghosts72%
