Release Date | 1981-08-20 |
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Runtime | 113 minutes |
Genres | Drama, Romance |
Stars | Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Matthias Fuchs, Helga Feddersen |
Directors | Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pea Fröhlich, Peter Märthesheimer, Horst Wendlandt |
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.