Drama · Germany · 1981 · 1h 53m

Lola

Director

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 Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Editor Juliane Lorenz — Editor Peer Raben — Original Music Composer Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Screenplay Pea Fröhlich — 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

corruption based on novel or book sexual obsession capitalism bavaria, germany coburg femme fatale post war germany mistress prostitution the miracle on the rhine adenauer

Key Collaborators

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director Xaver Schwarzenberger Director of Photography Rainer Werner Fassbinder Editor Juliane Lorenz Editor Peer Raben Original Music Composer Rainer Werner Fassbinder Screenplay Pea Fröhlich Screenplay Peter Märthesheimer Screenplay Horst Wendlandt Producer Wolf-Dietrich Brücker Producer Rolf Zehetbauer Production Design Udo Kier Production Design

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