 He received a financing agreement for one of his favorite projects based on Pitigrilli's novel "Cocaine" and was able to increase the budget for "Berlin Alexanderplatz".Several German commercial film producers expressed an interest in making films with Fassbinder.The seasoned film producer Luggi Waldleitner would produce the Fassbinder film "Lili Marleen" with Hanna Schygulla in the main role.