Lola (Barbara Sukowa), a nightclub singer and mistress of a corrupt property tycoon, sets out to seduce her lover’s chief opponent, the idealistic new town planner (Armin Mueller-Stahl).
Brace yourself for schmaltzy ballads, garish lighting and a candy-coloured world of illusions. This brilliant updating of The Blue Angel captures the sleazy vulgarity and sheer vitality of late 1950s West Germany.
Lola (1981)
Fantastically vulgar update of The Blue Angel (1930) set in late 1950s West Germany.
- 1981 Federal Republic of Germany
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Produced by
- Horst Wendlandt
- Written by
- Peter Märthesheimer, Pea Fröhlich, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Featuring
- Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf
- Running time
- 113 minutes
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