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
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