Lili Marleen (film) 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. However, according to Lale Andersen's last husband, Arthur Beul, the film's plot bore little relation to her real life. The film is set during the Third Reich and is about the forbidden love between the German singer Willie (Hanna Schygulla) and the Swiss Jewish composer Robert Mendelssohn (a character based on Rolf Liebermann), who actively seeks to help
Mel Ferrer Fernando Lamas as the villain in "Scaramouche" (1952). The film, particularly notable for a long climactic duel between Ferrer and Stewart Granger, was a huge hit. MGM kept him on for "Lili" (1953) playing the puppeteer loved by Leslie Caron. It was another large success; Ferrer and Caron also got a hit single out of it, "Hi-Lili-Hi-Lo". "Saadia" (1953), which Ferrer made with Cornel Wilde was a flop but "Knights of the Round Table" (1954) was a big hit; Ferrer played King Arthur. Ferrer met Audrey Hepburn at a party and she wanted to do a play together. They appeared