Lola

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.

CAST

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director

Xaver Schwarzenberger

Director

Karin Viesel

Director

Barbara Sukowa

Lola

Armin Mueller-Stahl

von Bohm

Mario Adorf

Schuckert

Matthias Fuchs

Esslin

Helga Feddersen

Fräulein Hettich

Karin Baal

Lola's Mother

Ivan Desny

Wittich

Elisabeth Volkmann

Gigi

Hark Bohm

Volker

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Timmerding

Rosel Zech

Frau Schuckert

Sonja Neudorfer

Frau Fink

Christine Kaufmann

Susi

Y Sa Lo

Rosa

Günther Kaufmann

GI

Isolde Barth

Frau Völker

Karsten Peters

Editor

Harry Baer

1st Demonstrator

Rainer Will

2nd Demonstrator

Herbert Steinmetz

Concierge

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director

Xaver Schwarzenberger

Director

Karin Viesel

Director

Barbara Sukowa

Lola

Armin Mueller-Stahl

von Bohm

Mario Adorf

Schuckert

Matthias Fuchs

Esslin

Helga Feddersen

Fräulein Hettich

Karin Baal

Lola's Mother

Ivan Desny

Wittich

Elisabeth Volkmann

Gigi

Hark Bohm

Volker

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Timmerding

Rosel Zech

Frau Schuckert

Sonja Neudorfer

Frau Fink

Christine Kaufmann

Susi

Y Sa Lo

Rosa

Günther Kaufmann

GI

Isolde Barth

Frau Völker

Karsten Peters

Editor

Harry Baer

1st Demonstrator

Rainer Will

2nd Demonstrator

Herbert Steinmetz

Concierge

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