Released:
1981-08-20

Overview:
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.

Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime:
1h 53min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Barbara Sukowa
  as
  Lola
• 
  Armin Mueller-Stahl
  as
  von Bohm
• 
  Mario Adorf
  as
  Schuckert
• 
  Matthias Fuchs
  as
  Esslin
• 
  Helga Feddersen
  as
  Fräulein Hettich