Lola

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1981-08-20


7
113 min

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

Name Character Team
Barbara Sukowa Lola Unowned
Armin Mueller-Stahl von Bohm Unowned
Mario Adorf Schuckert Unowned
Matthias Fuchs Esslin Unowned
Helga Feddersen Fräulein Hettich Unowned
Karin Baal Lola's Mother Unowned
Ivan Desny Wittich Unowned
Elisabeth Volkmann Gigi Unowned
Hark Bohm Volker Unowned
Karl-Heinz von Hassel Timmerding Unowned
Rosel Zech Frau Schuckert Unowned
Sonja Neudorfer Frau Fink Unowned
Christine Kaufmann Susi Unowned
Y Sa Lo Rosa Unowned
Günther Kaufmann GI Unowned
Isolde Barth Frau Völker Unowned
Karsten Peters Editor Unowned
Harry Baer 1st Demonstrator Unowned
Rainer Will 2nd Demonstrator Unowned
Herbert Steinmetz Concierge Unowned
Nino Korda TV Delivery Man Unowned
Udo Kier Waiter (uncredited) Unowned
Raúl Gimenez 1st Waiter (uncredited) Unowned
Andrea Heuer Librarian (uncredited) Unowned
Juliane Lorenz Saleswoman (uncredited) Unowned
Maxim Oswald Grandfather Berger (uncredited) Unowned
Helmut Petigk Bouncer (uncredited) Unowned
Marita Pleyer Rahel (uncredited) Unowned
Ulrike Vigo Little Marie (uncredited) Unowned