Lilli Marlene (1950)
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.
- Date of release
- 1950-12-08
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Arthur Crabtree
Casting
- Lisa Daniely — Lilli Marlene
- Hugh McDermott — Steve
- Richard Murdoch — Flight Lieutenant Murdoch / Capt. Wimpole
- Leslie Dwyer — Berry
- Estelle Brody — Estelle
- Cecil Brock — O'Riley
- John Blythe — Holt
- Stanley Baker — Evans
- Ben Williams — Brownie
- Russell Hunter — Scottie
- Marcel Poncin — Lestoque
- Judith Warden — Auntie
Interesting facts
Lilli Marlene is a 1950 British war film aimed for the US market and directed by Arthur Crabtree. It was written by Leslie Wood and stars Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, and Richard Murdoch. Stanley Baker is seen in one of his early support roles.
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