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.
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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
Sonja Neudorfer
Frau Fink
Christine Kaufmann
Susi
Y Sa Lo
Rosa
Günther Kaufmann
GI
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Pea Fröhlich
Screenplay
Peter Märthesheimer
Screenplay
Horst Wendlandt
Producer
Wolf-Dietrich Brücker
Producer
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Director of Photography
Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
Barbara Baum
Costume Design
Egon Strasser
Costume Design
Udo Kier
Production Design
Raúl Gimenez
Production Design
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
