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Lola (1981)
director of photography:
Xaver Schwarzenberger
cast:
Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Matthias Fuchs, Helga Feddersen, Karin Baal, Ivan Desny, Elisabeth Volkmann
director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
running time:
113 min.
writer:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pea Fröhlich, Peter Märthesheimer
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 outshe 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, Fassbinders homage to Josef von Sternbergs classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants outshe 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, Fassbinders homage to Josef von Sternbergs classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
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