Synopsis
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
Sonja Neudorfer
Frau Fink
Christine Kaufmann
Susi
Y Sa Lo
Rosa
Günther Kaufmann
GI
Isolde Barth
Frau Völker
Karsten Peters
Editor
Harry Baer
1st Demonstrator
Rainer Will
2nd Demonstrator
Herbert Steinmetz
Concierge
Nino Korda
TV Delivery Man
Udo Kier
Waiter (uncredited)
Raúl Gimenez
1st Waiter (uncredited)
Andrea Heuer
Librarian (uncredited)
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