Fassbinder repeatedly depicts the song comforting lonely soldiers and then accompanying scenes of carnage. The devastating effect boomerangs.
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This review of Lili Marleen (1981) was written by Gary Arnold and published by Washington Post on 03 Aug 2015.
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