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Lola

1981 · 1h 53m

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

6.9

TMDB audience score
145 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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

  • Christine Kaufmann
    Susi

  • Y Sa Lo
    Rosa

  • Günther Kaufmann
    GI

  • Isolde Barth
    Frau Völker

  • Karsten Peters
    Editor

  • Harry Baer
    1st Demonstrator