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,
José Ferrer (1955) where Ferrer played Sigmund Romberg, and which made a profit of over $1 million. Ferrer made his debut as film director at Universal with an adaptation of "The Shrike" (1955), in which he also starred opposite June Allyson. Ferrer then performed Cyrano in an episode of "Producer's Showcase" on television, directed by Mel Ferrer and co-starring Claire Bloom. He went to England to star in and direct a war movie for Warwick Productions, "The Cockleshell Heroes" (1955), alongside Trevor Howard; it was a success at the British box office. Ferrer co-wrote, directed and starred in the film "The Great