Lili Marleen (film) an underground group of German Jews. Of the 23 theatrical films that Fassbinder directed, Lili Marleen was the only one that Germany submitted to the Academy to be considered for a Best Foreign Language Film nomination. The film, while a German production, was one of the few that Fassbinder shot in English. Ultimately, the film was not nominated. Lili Marleen (film) Lili Marleen is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Hanna Schygulla. The screenplay was produced using the autobiographical novel "Der Himmel hat viele Farben" ("The Heavens Have Many Colors") by Lale Andersen.
Mel Ferrer flop. He made two films for 20th Century Fox: their all star adaptation of "The Sun Also Rises" (1957) and "Fräulein" (1958) a war story with Dana Wynter. At MGM he was one of the last three people on Earth in "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" (1959), another flop. Ferrer went to Italy to be star in Roger Vadim's vampire movie "Blood and Roses" (1960). After an English horror film "The Hands of Orlac" (1960) he did an Italian adventure film "Charge of the Black Lancers" (1962). Ferrer was one of several stars in "The Devil and the