United Kingdom / Dec 08, 1950
Lilli Marlene (1950)
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Stanley Baker | Evans |
| Ben Williams | Brownie |
| Russell Hunter | Scottie |
| Marcel Poncin | Lestoque |
| Judith Warden | Auntie |
| Lawrence O'Madden | Col. Wharton |
| Stuart Lindsell | Major Phillips |
| Olaf Olsen | Nazi Officer |
| Irene Prador | Nurse Schmidt |
| Aud Johansen | Nurse Melke |
| Carl Jaffe | Propaganda Chief |
| Philo Hauser | Fratzell |
| Richard Marner | SS Colonel |
| Peter Swanwick | Chief Interrogator |
| Walter Gotell | Director of Propaganda |
| Arthur Lawrence | Lieber |
| Rufus Cruikshank | Sgt. Bull |
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| Barbara Cummings | Shirley |
| Neil Tuson | Producer |
| Conrad Phillips | Security Officer |
| Kenneth Cleveland | Security Officer |
| Michael Ward | Wintertree |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Lilli Marlene |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | William Gell Productions, Monarch Productions Limited |
| Release date | 8 dicembre 1950 |
| Executive producer | William J. Gell |
| Writer | Leslie Wood |
| Editing | Lister Laurance |
| Cinematography | Jack Asher |
| Assistant directors | Clive Midwinter, Arthur Crabtree |
| Camera operators | Jack Asher |
| Additional photography | Jack Asher |
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| Production design | R. Holmes Paul |
| Art direction | R. Holmes Paul |
| Set decoration | R. Holmes Paul |
| Music | Stanley Black |
| Sound | Stanley Black |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United States / Jul 23, 1951
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