Lili Marleen (film) an underground group of German Jews. Of the 23 theatrical films that Fassbinder directed, Lili Marleen was the only one that Germany submitted to the Academy to be considered for a Best Foreign Language Film nomination. The film, while a German production, was one of the few that Fassbinder shot in English. Ultimately, the film was not nominated. 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.
Hanna Schygulla your face any more. You bust my balls". They did not work together again for several years until "The Marriage of Maria Braun" in 1978. The film was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, where she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance. In 1980 she acted in Fassbinder's miniseries adaptation of "Berlin Alexanderplatz". In 1981 Schygulla starred alongside Bruno Ganz in Volker Schlöndorff's "Circle of Deceit", and the following year with Isabelle Huppert in Jean-Luc Godard's "Passion". She was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival in 1987. In