Lola (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.
- Released
- 1981-08-20
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pea Fröhlich, Peter Märthesheimer
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 145 votes
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
- Elisabeth Volkmann as Gigi
- Hark Bohm as Volker
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Timmerding
- Rosel Zech as Frau Schuckert
- Sonja Neudorfer as Frau Fink