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,
Mel Ferrer in "Ondine" (1954) on Broadway and later got married. Ferrer went to Italy to make "Proibito" (1954) and England for "Oh... Rosalinda!!" (1955), directed by Powell and Pressburger. Neither film was widely seen, but "War and Peace" (1956) was a big success; Ferrer played Prince Andrei, co-starring with his then-wife, Audrey Hepburn. In France he supported Ingrid Bergman in "Elena and Her Men" (1956) directed by Jean Renoir. Ferrer and Hepburn made "Mayerling" (1957) for American television; it was released theatrically in some countries. Ferrer returned to MGM to make "The Vintage" (1957) with Pier Angeli which was a big