Hans Leip (22 September 1893 – 6 June 1983), was a German novelist, poet and playwright, best remembered as the lyricist of Lili Marleen. Leip was the son of a former sailor and harbour-worker at the port of Hamburg. He was educated there, and in 1914 became a teacher in the Hamburg suburb of Rothenburgsort. In 1915 he was called up by the German army and after training in Berlin served on the Eastern front and in the Carpathians. After being wounded in 1917 he was discharged on medical groun... Read more
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Play | Title | Movie | Type | Buy Song |
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Lilli Marleen | Moon Over Parador | Words | Buy on Amazon | |
Lili Marleen | Papa Hemingway in Cuba | Performer | Buy on Amazon | |
Lili Marleen | Frontière(s) | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Lili Marleen | Crazy, Confused, Normal | Lyrics | Buy on Amazon | |
Lili Marleen | Axis Sally | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Lili Marleen | One Deep Breath | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Lili Marleen | Lili Marleen | (german version) (based on a poem from the 1915 book "die kleine hafenorgel" | Buy on Amazon | |
Lili Marleen | God Is on Their Side | (uncredited) lyrics | Buy on Amazon |