Lola (1981)1h53
Drama
Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (7.3 avg)
Also directed Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Marriage of Maria Braun, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, and 37 more
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.
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Cast
Barbara Sukowa
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Mario Adorf
Matthias Fuchs
Helga Feddersen
Karin Baal
Ivan Desny
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