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.
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by Pea Fröhlich, Peter Märthesheimer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Produced by Horst Wendlandt, Wolf-Dietrich Brücker
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Themes & Keywords
corruptionbased on novel or booksexual obsessioncapitalismbavaria, germanycoburgfemme fatalepost war germanymistressprostitutionthe miracle on the rhineadenauerwhorehousecabaret performerwest germanycabaret singersystemic corruptionmoral corruptioncorrupted heroproperty developer
About Lola
Lola is a drama film released in 1981 exploring themes of corruption, based on novel or book, sexual obsession, capitalism, bavaria, germany, coburg. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, it stars Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf. 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.