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 directed "The Girl of the Limberlost" (1945) a B movie with Ruth Nelson. Eventually, he returned to Broadway, where he starred in "Strange Fruit" (1945–46), a play based on the novel by Lillian Smith. It was directed by Jose Ferrer (no relation). Ferrer then directed José Ferrer in the 1946 stage production of "Cyrano de Bergerac". He worked as an assistant on "The Fugitive" (1947), directed by John Ford in Mexico. Along with Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Joseph Cotten, he founded the La Jolla Playhouse in Los Angeles. Ferrer made his screen acting debut with a starring role in