Directed by:
Rainer Werner FassbinderCinematography:
Xaver SchwarzenbergerCast:
Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Matthias Fuchs, Helga Feddersen, Karin Baal, Ivan Desny, Elisabeth Volkmann, Hark Bohm (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola (Barbara Sukowa), a seductive cabaret singer–prostitute, exults in her power as a tempter of men, but she wants more—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, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Lola, an homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel, is a wonderfully satirical tribute to capitalism. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Barbara Sukowa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/720/168720710_jp3a8h.jpg)
Barbara Sukowa
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Europa (1991)
Voyager (1991)
![Armin Mueller-Stahl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/584/164584378_6ea401.jpg)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German Empire
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Night on Earth (1991)
Shine (1996)
![Mario Adorf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/693/165693130_17b05e.jpg)
Mario Adorf
Switzerland
Best movies:
Apache Gold (1963)
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![Matthias Fuchs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/953/162953652_33ceb7.jpg)
Matthias Fuchs
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Lola (1981)
Der Totmacher (1995)
Helga Feddersen
German Empire
Best movies:
Lola (1981)
Sunshine Reggae auf Ibiza (1983)
Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl (1982)
![Karin Baal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271212_05126b.jpg)
Karin Baal
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Tunnel (2001)
Julia, Du bist zauberhaft (1962)
![Ivan Desny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278466_8c2e5b.jpg)
Ivan Desny
China
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
![Elisabeth Volkmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/272/161272355_357242.jpg)
Elisabeth Volkmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Lola (1981)
Veronika Voss (1982)
Lili Marleen (1981)
![Hark Bohm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/289/162289356_65055c.jpg)
Hark Bohm
German Empire
Best movies:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Underground (1995)
![Karl-Heinz von Hassel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/279/160279899_4e28ad.jpg)
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
![Christine Kaufmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/234/160234056_16b61e.jpg)
Christine Kaufmann
Austria
Best movies:
World on a Wire (1973) (TV movie)
Bagdad Café (1987)
Lola (1981)
![Günther Kaufmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281152_02b9f6.jpg)
Günther Kaufmann
Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Y Sa Lo
Austria
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Lola (1981)
![Udo Kier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269466_9b30ec.jpg)
Udo Kier
German Empire
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
![Rosel Zech](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/150/678/150678555_ac9f02.jpg)
Rosel Zech
German Empire
Best movies:
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Off Beat (2004)
Lola (1981)
Raúl Gimenez
Argentina
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Lola (1981)
Lili Marleen (1981)
Herbert Steinmetz
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Effi Briest (1974)
Lola (1981)
![Harry Baer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/388/160388377_e88a38.jpg)
Harry Baer
Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Jail Bait (1973) (TV movie)
Sonja Neudorfer
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Satan's Brew (1976)
![Isolde Barth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/857/165857782_b9f80f.jpg)
Isolde Barth
West Germany
Best movies:
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)