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 Ten Commandments" (1962) and "The Longest Day" (1962). He had a cameo in his wife's "Paris When It Sizzles" (1964) and was Marcus Aurelius Cleander in "The Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964). Ferrer turned to television, doing some directing for the series "The Farmer's Daughter" (1963–1966) starring Inger Stevens. Ferrer had a support role in "Sex and the Single Girl" (1964). Ferrer produced and starred in the biopic "El Greco" (1966) playing the famous painter. He also produced "Wait Until Dark" (1967) starring his wife; a big hit. He and Hepburn were divorced in 1968. Ferrer was mostly a