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Lola (1981)

Lola (1981)

Drama
Release Date: 1981, August 20
Directors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Countries: Germany
Production: Rialto Film, Rialto Film, Trio Film, Trio Film
Cast: Nino Korda, Udo Kier, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Barbara Sukowa, Mario Adorf, Rainer Will, Ivan Desny, Hark Bohm, Harry Baer, Isolde Barth, Karin Baal, Günther Kaufmann

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book femme fatale capitalism corruption sexual obsession prostitution mistress moral corruption west germany systemic corruption bavaria, germany cabaret performer cabaret singer post war germany whorehouse coburg the miracle on the rhine adenauer corrupted hero property developer