[1] Michael was born Marion Ilonka Michaela Delonge in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad).
[1] She was only 15 at the time of the filming, which took place on location in Africa, and she controversially appeared topless during the first half of the movie.
[1] Michael occasionally returned to film and television acting later in her life, but only rarely.
[1] Her last onscreen appearance was in a 1996 German television musical about her life, entitled Liane [de].
[1] Michael died of heart failure in Gartz, Brandenburg, four days shy of her 67th birthday.