Lola

Lola

113 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 20, 1981

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.

Lola

113 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 20, 1981

Lola
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Rialto Film, Trio Film
Original title Lola
Directors Karin Viesel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers Peter Märthesheimer, Pea Fröhlich, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Barbara Sukowa

as Lola

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as von Bohm

Mario Adorf

as Schuckert

Matthias Fuchs

as Esslin

Helga Feddersen

as Fräulein Hettich

Karin Baal

as Lola's Mother

Ivan Desny

as Wittich

Hark Bohm

as Volker

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

as Timmerding

Rosel Zech

as Frau Schuckert

Sonja Neudorfer

as Frau Fink

Y Sa Lo

as Rosa

Isolde Barth

as Frau Völker

Karsten Peters

as Editor

Harry Baer

as 1st Demonstrator

Rainer Will

as 2nd Demonstrator

Herbert Steinmetz

as Concierge

Nino Korda

as TV Delivery Man

Udo Kier

as Waiter (uncredited)

Raúl Gimenez

as 1st Waiter (uncredited)

Andrea Heuer

as Librarian (uncredited)

Juliane Lorenz

as Saleswoman (uncredited)

Maxim Oswald

as Grandfather Berger (uncredited)

Helmut Petigk

as Bouncer (uncredited)

Marita Pleyer

as Rahel (uncredited)

Ulrike Vigo

as Little Marie (uncredited)