Drama
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
Udo Kier
Waiter (uncredited)
Mario Adorf
Schuckert
Barbara Sukowa
Lola
Armin Mueller-Stahl
von Bohm
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Timmerding
Hark Bohm
Volker
Freddy Quinn
Ivan Desny
Wittich
Karin Baal
Lola's Mother
Christine Kaufmann
Susi
Isolde Barth
Frau Völker
Rosel Zech
Frau Schuckert
Helga Feddersen
Fräulein Hettich
Harry Baer
1st Demonstrator
Matthias Fuchs
Esslin
Elisabeth Volkmann
Gigi
Günther Kaufmann
GI
Andrea Heuer
Librarian (uncredited)
Rainer Will
2nd Demonstrator
Y Sa Lo
Rosa
Sonja Neudorfer
Frau Fink
Karsten Peters
Editor
Herbert Steinmetz
Concierge
Nino Korda
TV Delivery Man
Raúl Gimenez
1st Waiter (uncredited)
Maxim Oswald
Grandfather Berger (uncredited)
Helmut Petigk
Bouncer (uncredited)
Marita Pleyer
Rahel (uncredited)
Ulrike Vigo
Little Marie (uncredited)
Michael McLernon

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