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6.9Germany 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.
Released: 1981-08-20113 minDir: Rainer Werner FassbinderDrama
Stream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Barbara Sukowa as Lola
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as von Bohm
- Mario Adorf as Schuckert
- Matthias Fuchs as Esslin
- Helga Feddersen as Fräulein Hettich
- Karin Baal as Lola's Mother
Themes
- corruption
- based on novel or book
- sexual obsession
- capitalism
- bavaria, germany
- coburg
- femme fatale
- post war germany
- mistress
- prostitution
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
7,128 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 369278
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- title
- Lola
- publication date
- 1981-00-00
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Available in 18 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Catalan
- Egyptian Arabic
- Finnish
- Luxembourgish
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Serbian (Latin)
- Tamil
- Türkçe
- 한국어
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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West Germany
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Heinrich Mann
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Coburg
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Rotten Tomatoes
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East Prussia
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drama film
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The New Yorker
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
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Udo Kier
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Josef von Sternberg
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Mario Adorf
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The Blue Angel
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Categories
1981 drama films1981 films1981 German films1981 German-language filmsFilms about adultery in GermanyFilms about prostitution in GermanyFilms about singersFilms based on German novelsFilms based on works by Heinrich MannFilms directed by Rainer Werner FassbinderFilms produced by Horst WendlandtFilms scored by Peer RabenFilms set in 1957Films set in 1958Films set in BavariaFilms set in cabaretsFilms set in West GermanyGerman drama filmsRotten Tomatoes ID different from WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterTemplate film date with 1 release dateWest German films