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 supporting Gene Tierney, and Richard Brooks' "Crisis" (1950), opposite Cary Grant. Ferrer then played the title role in "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1950), directed by Michael Gordon and produced by Stanley Kramer. Ferrer won the Best Actor Oscar. The film was widely seen although it lost money. Ferrer returned to Broadway for a revival of "Twentieth Century" (1950–51) which he directed and starred in, opposite Gloria Swanson; it went for 233 performances. Ferrer produced and directed, but did not appear in, "Stalag 17" (1951–52), a big hit running for 472 performances. Even more popular was "The Fourposter" (1951–53) in which he