The Marriage of Maria Braun film "Lili Marleen" with Hanna Schygulla in the main role. Horst Wendlandt would produce the two other films in the BRD Trilogy, "Lola" and "Veronika Voss". His success also allowed him to realize his last project, "Querelle" which was co-financed by Gaumont. As Fengler had oversold the rights to the film, the profit share of Fassbinder was an open question. Eckelkamp saw himself as the sole owner of all rights, but sent a check in the amount of 70,000 DM to Fassbinder in 1982 to appease the director. After Fassbinder's death his mother and heiress Liselotte Eder revived the claims,
Forever, Lulu (1987 film) Forever, Lulu (1987 film) Forever, Lulu is a 1987 American comedy-mystery film starring Hanna Schygulla, Deborah Harry and Alec Baldwin, in his film debut. The film also features Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Wayne Knight, and director Amos Kollek. The film centers on a German woman, Elaine Hines (Hanna Schygulla), living in New York City with aspirations of becoming a novelist. Reality settles in when Elaine loses her secretary job at a toilet seat company. Her agent calls her manuscript unsellable and not sexy enough before dropping her as a client. As if life couldn't get more unbearable for Elaine, her unexpected