Drama · Germany · 1981 · 1h 53m

Lola

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Director
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
Crew
Xaver Schwarzenberger — Director of Photography Juliane Lorenz — Editor Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Editor Peer Raben — Original Music Composer Pea Fröhlich — Screenplay Peter Märthesheimer — Screenplay
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.

Mood & Themes
corruptionbased on novel or booksexual obsessioncapitalismbavaria, germanycoburgfemme fatalepost war germanymistressprostitutionthe miracle on the rhineadenauer
Key Collaborators
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director Xaver Schwarzenberger Director of Photography Juliane Lorenz Editor Rainer Werner Fassbinder Editor Peer Raben Original Music Composer Pea Fröhlich Screenplay Peter Märthesheimer Screenplay Rainer Werner Fassbinder Screenplay Horst Wendlandt Producer Wolf-Dietrich Brücker Producer Rolf Zehetbauer Production Design Raúl Gimenez Production Design
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