Lola
1981Germany 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.
Acted in
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
Rosel Zech
as Frau Schuckert
Sonja Neudorfer
as Frau Fink
Christine Kaufmann
as Susi
Y Sa Lo
as Rosa
Günther Kaufmann
as GI
Isolde Barth
as Frau Völker
Karsten Peters
as Editor
Harry Baer
as 1st Demonstrator
Rainer Will
as 2nd Demonstrator
Herbert Steinmetz
as Concierge
Nino Korda
as TV Delivery Man
Udo Kier
as Waiter (uncredited)
Raúl Gimenez
as 1st Waiter (uncredited)
Andrea Heuer
as Librarian (uncredited)
Juliane Lorenz
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Maxim Oswald
as Grandfather Berger (uncredited)
Helmut Petigk
as Bouncer (uncredited)
Marita Pleyer
as Rahel (uncredited)
Ulrike Vigo
as Little Marie (uncredited)
