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.
Barbara Sukowa
as Lola
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as von Bohm
Mario Adorf
as Schuckert
Matthias Fuchs
as Esslin
Helga Feddersen
as Fräulein Hettich
Karin Baal
as Lola's Mother
Ivan Desny
as Wittich
Elisabeth Volkmann
as Gigi
Hark Bohm
as Volker
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
as Timmerding
Rosel Zech
as Frau Schuckert
Sonja Neudorfer
as Frau Fink
