Lola

Aug 20, 1981

1h 53m

★ 6.9

Overview

Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Rialto Film

Trio Film

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Cast

Lola

Barbara Sukowa

von Bohm

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Schuckert

Mario Adorf

Esslin

Matthias Fuchs

Fräulein Hettich

Helga Feddersen

Lola's Mother

Karin Baal

Wittich

Ivan Desny

Gigi

Elisabeth Volkmann

Volker

Hark Bohm

Timmerding

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Frau Schuckert

Rosel Zech

Frau Fink

Sonja Neudorfer

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