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'Like Once Lili Marleen' (German: '...wie einst Lili Marleen') is a 1956 West German romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Adrian Hoven, Marianne Hold and Claus Holm.Lehrke p.128 The title refers to the popular wartime song "Lili Marleen" popularised by Lale Anderson, who performs it at a concert at the end of the film.

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Hennings and Karl Weber.

Synopsis



Violinmaker Franz Brugger is in love with Christa. When he is conscripted during the Second World War she promises to wait for him. He fights on the Eastern Front for four years and then is held as a prisoner of war by the Soviets for a further ten. All along he is kept going by the song "Lili Marlene" and the thought of Christa. When at last he is released he returns home to Berlin and finds the world significantly changed from that which he remembers. Worse, Christa is engaged to be married to another man. He sets out to win her back.

Cast



* Adrian Hoven as Franz Brugger

* Marianne Hold as Christa Schmidt

* Claus Holm as Oberarzt Dr. Robert Berger

* Hannelore Schroth as Klrchen Mller

* Peter Carsten as Toni Knoll

* Kthe Haack as Frau Schmidt

* Wolfgang Preiss a Alfred Linder

* Lucie Englisch as Minna Lauck

* Roma Bahn as Frulein Korn

* Kurt Vespermann as Portier Krause

* Gudrun Schmidt as Schwester, Lene

* Ralf Wolter as Deutscher Soldat

* Hildegard Grethe as Frau Berger

* Else Ehser as Aufwartefrau

* Lale Andersen as Singer 'Lili Marleen' - 'Sdseenacht'

References



Bibliography



* Lehrke, Gisela. 'Wie einst Lili Marleen: das Leben der Lale Andersen'. Henschel, 2002.


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