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Lili Marleen
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Synopsis
1938. Willie and Robert are in love: She, a minor German singer who appears in a Zurich nightclub and waits for her big breakthrough. He, son of a rich Jewish family. His father is the head of an organization that helps Jews flee from Nazi Germany. But following a trip to Germany, the young lovers are forced to part when Willie is not allowed to re-enter Switzerland. Willie therefore remains in Germany, and unexpectedly becomes a big German Nazi star for her song Lili Marleen, a favorite of the armed forces and even the Führer himself.