In 1947 she returned to Europe. After stays in Paris and Zurich, in 1949 she went to Blockaded Berlin, where she opened the cabaret "Hexenküche (Witch's Kitchen)" in 1948. Following "Hexenküche", she opened "Ziegenstall (Goat Shed)" on the island of Sylt. In the 1960s, she made her comeback in film. In 1965, she had a role in Fellini's "Juliet of the Spirits", the success of which caused her to market herself to young German directors in the 1970s. During this period, she played in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's TV series "Eight Hours Don't Make a Day" and in Volker Schlöndorff's 1976 movie "Coup de Grâce".