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,
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