Lola

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.

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

Ivan Desny

as Wittich

Elisabeth Volkmann

as Gigi

Hark Bohm

as Volker

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

as Timmerding

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