Lola

The story

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

B Barbara SukowaLola A Armin Mueller-Stahlvon Bohm M Mario AdorfSchuckert M Matthias FuchsEsslin H Helga FeddersenFräulein Hettich K Karin BaalLola's Mother I Ivan DesnyWittich E Elisabeth VolkmannGigi H Hark BohmVolker K Karl-Heinz von HasselTimmerding R Rosel ZechFrau Schuckert S Sonja NeudorferFrau Fink

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C Christine KaufmannSusi Y Y Sa LoRosa G Günther KaufmannGI I Isolde BarthFrau Völker K Karsten PetersEditor H Harry Baer1st Demonstrator R Rainer Will2nd Demonstrator H Herbert SteinmetzConcierge N Nino KordaTV Delivery Man U Udo KierWaiter (uncredited) R Raúl Gimenez1st Waiter (uncredited) A Andrea HeuerLibrarian (uncredited) J Juliane LorenzSaleswoman (uncredited) M Maxim OswaldGrandfather Berger (uncredited) H Helmut PetigkBouncer (uncredited) M Marita PleyerRahel (uncredited) U Ulrike VigoLittle Marie (uncredited)