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Lola (1981)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 113 minutes
Actors
Barbara Sukowa | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Mario Adorf | Matthias Fuchs | Helga Feddersen | Karin Baal | Ivan Desny | Elisabeth Volkmann | Hark Bohm | Karl-Heinz von Hassel | Rosel Zech | Sonja Neudorfer | Christine Kaufmann | Y Sa Lo | Günther Kaufmann | Isolde Barth | Karsten Peters | Harry Baer | Rainer Will | Herbert Steinmetz | Nino Korda | Udo Kier | Raúl Gimenez | Andrea Heuer | Juliane Lorenz | Maxim Oswald | Helmut Petigk | Marita Pleyer | Ulrike Vigo