Lola

• 7.023 Drama
• 1981-08-20
• 113 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Barbara Sukowa (Lola) Armin Mueller-Stahl (von Bohm) Mario Adorf (Schuckert) Matthias Fuchs (Esslin) Helga Feddersen (Fräulein Hettich) Karin Baal (Lola's Mother) Ivan Desny (Wittich) Elisabeth Volkmann (Gigi) Hark Bohm (Volker) Karl-Heinz von Hassel (Timmerding)

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer:

Pea Fröhlich Peter Märthesheimer Rainer Werner Fassbinder