Lola
1981 · Movie · 113 min · ★ 6.9 · 95% critics
In 1957 Germany, a cabaret performer who also sells sex tries to escape her current life by chasing money, property, and real affection. She plays powerful men against each other—one openly corrupt, one newly principled—while pushing a bold scheme in a world where nearly everything seems to have a price.
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Details
- Years
- 1981
- Release date
- 1981-08-20
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (135 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a provocative, darkly funny story about power, desire, and money with a heightened, colorful vibe; Not for you if you prefer uplifting romance or clear-cut heroes, like in The Marriage of Maria Braun or Veronika Voss.
Pros: sharp social satire; bold candy-colored style; deliciously wicked tone | Cons: cynical worldview; morally messy characters; heightened, outrageous plotting
Themes
- corruption
- based on novel or book
- sexual obsession
- capitalism
- bavaria, germany
- coburg
- femme fatale
- post war germany
- mistress
- prostitution
- the miracle on the rhine
- adenauer
- +8 more
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder