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.
Drama
Cast
- 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
- Rosel Zech — Frau Schuckert
- Sonja Neudorfer — Frau Fink
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