German song Lili Marlene?

Question

German song Lili Marlene?

Answer 1

Lili Marlene was a song, wich was performed in germany by an artist called Lale Andersen in the time of WW II. It is said, that the troups of all nations stopped their fighting while this song was played on the radio. I think, that is a legend.

In the 80s of the last century the german film artist Rainer Werner Fassbinder turned a film about the artist Lale Andersen. I saw it, it was quiet an impressing movie.

Answer 2

What exactly is your question?

I know there is a song by this name.  Marlene Dietrich recorded a version.

Answer 3

You can find free German and English version on the Internet with Google.

Answer 4

You already got two really good answers and Sybaris gave you great links to check out.

Here is what I found:

German link:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Marlee...

English links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Marlee...

http://www.prato.linux.it/~lmasetti/canz...

(This is information in 18 different languages, scroll down a little for the english version)

To buy the song go to:

http://www.amazon.com/Lili-Marleen-Lale-...

http://www.amazon.com/Marlene-Dietrich-L...

The song on youtube.com:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfllUtxDr...

(If the link doesn't open just type "Lili Marlene" in the search box)

English website with 16 different versions to listen to or even download:

http://www.rhs51.com/lillimarlene.htm

(with recordings from Lale Andersen, Marlene Dietrich, Vera Lynn, Zara Leander, Connie Francis, Frank Sinatra (very rare) and others)

:)

Answer 5

Strangely, the song became popular with both sides during WWII, and with other nations.  Here is the story:

http://ingeb.org/garb/lmarleen.html (Scroll down a bit; you can also hear different versions)

And here are the words in both German and English:

http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/lili.html

I used to cherish an old 78 rpm record with Lale Andersen singing the song - if anybody at all remembers those! - from my father's collection that he found in a boot sale.  On the other side is a song called "Drei Rote Rosen".  Unfortunately this treasure has been lost.