The film was not the official German submission to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film . Instead Hans W. Geißendörfer 's '' The Glass Cell '' was chosen to be the official German submission . Almost one year later the film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 37th Golden Globe Awards , but this success was overshadowed by the success of Volker Schlöndorff 's '' The Tin Drum '' at the 52nd Academy Awards . The commercial success of '' The Marriage of Maria Braun '' strengthened the negotiation position of Fassbinder in his subsequent film projects . 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 . 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
37th Golden Globe Awards
37th Golden Globe Awards
The Marriage of Maria Braun