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 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