Lola
Lola
Release: 1981-08-20
·Runtime: 113m
·★ 6.9
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Rialto Film
Trio Film
Cast
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
as Timmerding
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as von Bohm
Ivan Desny
as Wittich
Harry Baer
as 1st Demonstrator
Rainer Will
as 2nd Demonstrator
Udo Kier
as Waiter (uncredited)
Hark Bohm
as Volker
Günther Kaufmann
as GI
Isolde Barth
as Frau Völker
Matthias Fuchs
as Esslin
Helga Feddersen
as Fräulein Hettich
Rosel Zech
as Frau Schuckert
Christine Kaufmann
as Susi
Andrea Heuer
as Librarian (uncredited)
Karin Baal
as Lola's Mother
Barbara Sukowa
as Lola
Mario Adorf
as Schuckert
Elisabeth Volkmann
as Gigi
Crew
Horst Wendlandt
Producer
Freddy Quinn
Music
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Udo Kier
Production Design
Dieter Gackstetter
Choreographer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Line Producer
Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Thomas Schühly
Line Producer, Production Manager
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Director of Photography