Gunter Grass vs. Dr. Loveless

[Dave Monroe]

"When Gunter Grass [author of the novel The Tin Drum] saw Michael in
Ballad of the Sad Cafe, he said, 'Eureka! We can now bring this to the
screen. This is the man I want to do it.'  But, unfortunately, Michael
died before that happened.  They would have done it as an American
film, but they couldn't do it 'cause Michael was gone."

http://www.nctc.net/hazard/conrad/michaeldunn/dorin/

Michael Dunn (1934 - 1973)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dunn