The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
143 audience votes
Key crew
- Pea FröhlichScreenplay
- Peter MärthesheimerScreenplay
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector
- Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
- Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay
Cast
- Barbara SukowaLola
- Armin Mueller-Stahlvon Bohm
- Mario AdorfSchuckert
- Matthias FuchsEsslin
- Helga FeddersenFräulein Hettich
- Karin BaalLola's Mother
- Ivan DesnyWittich
- Elisabeth VolkmannGigi
- Hark BohmVolker
- Karl-Heinz von HasselTimmerding
- Rosel ZechFrau Schuckert
- Sonja NeudorferFrau Fink
Stills
Themes
corruptionbased on novel or booksexual obsessioncapitalismbavaria, germanycoburgfemme fatalepost war germanymistressprostitutionthe miracle on the rhineadenauer