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Jewish Swiss composer who writes the song "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Marleen Lili Marleen]," later made famous in Nazi Germany, by his ex-girlfriend [[Willie (Lili Marleen)|Willie]] in R.W. Fassbinder's 1981 film ''Lili Marleen''.
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Jewish Swiss nightclub pianist in R.W. Fassbinder's 1981 film ''Lili Marleen''. He meets his love, [[Willie (Lili Marleen)|Willie]], a singer, in the club, but they are forced apart. He becomes part of the resistance.
  
In reality, the song started as a 1915 poem by Hans Leip, and was set to music in 1938 by Norbert Schultze and made famous  by Lale Andersen.
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He survives the war and goes on to become a successful orchestra conductor.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:05, 27 February 2019

Jewish Swiss nightclub pianist in R.W. Fassbinder's 1981 film Lili Marleen. He meets his love, Willie, a singer, in the club, but they are forced apart. He becomes part of the resistance.

He survives the war and goes on to become a successful orchestra conductor.

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