Lola

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Where to watch

Criterion Channel

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.

Cast

Barbara Sukowa

Lola

Armin Mueller-Stahl

von Bohm

Mario Adorf

Schuckert

Matthias Fuchs

Esslin

Helga Feddersen

Fräulein Hettich

Karin Baal

Lola's Mother

Ivan Desny

Wittich

Elisabeth Volkmann

Gigi

Hark Bohm

Volker

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Timmerding

Rosel Zech

Frau Schuckert

S

Sonja Neudorfer

Frau Fink

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