Movie
Lola
Released: August 20, 1981 (1981)
Runtime: 113 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Ivan Desny as Wittich
Age at release: 58
- Helga Feddersen as Fräulein Hettich
Age at release: 51
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as von Bohm
Age at release: 50
- Mario Adorf as Schuckert
Age at release: 50
- Elisabeth Volkmann as Gigi
Age at release: 45
- Hark Bohm as Volker
Age at release: 42
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Timmerding
Age at release: 42
- Matthias Fuchs as Esslin
Age at release: 41
- Karin Baal as Lola's Mother
Age at release: 40
- Barbara Sukowa as Lola
Age at release: 31
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- Herbert Steinmetz as Concierge
Age at release: 72
- Nino Korda as TV Delivery Man
Age at release: 53
- Karsten Peters as Editor
Age at release: 46
- Rosel Zech as Frau Schuckert
Age at release: 41
- Christine Kaufmann as Susi
Age at release: 36
- Udo Kier as Waiter (uncredited)
Age at release: 36
- Günther Kaufmann as GI
Age at release: 34
- Harry Baer as 1st Demonstrator
Age at release: 33
- Isolde Barth as Frau Völker
Age at release: 32
- Raúl Gimenez as 1st Waiter (uncredited)
Age at release: 30
- Rainer Will as 2nd Demonstrator
Age at release: 26
- Andrea Heuer as Librarian (uncredited)
Age at release: 24
- Sonja Neudorfer as Frau Fink
Age at release: Unknown
- Y Sa Lo as Rosa
Age at release: Unknown
- Maxim Oswald as Grandfather Berger (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Helmut Petigk as Bouncer (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Marita Pleyer as Rahel (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Ulrike Vigo as Little Marie (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown