Multimedia Collection
Lola
(Rainer Werner Passbinder series)
DVD
115 min
1981
PN1997 .A1 F37 2003 v.3 DVD
Germany in the autumn of 1957. Lola (Barbara Sukowa), a seductive cabaret singer and 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 (Mario Adorf) against the new straight-arrow building commissioner (Armin Mueller-Stahl), 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 sataric tribute to capitalism.
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf.
In German dialog with English subtitles.
Distributed by Criterion Collection.
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