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.
Cast
Barbara Sukowa
Lola
Armin Mueller-Stahl
von Bohm
Mario Adorf
Schuckert
Matthias Fuchs
Esslin
Helga Feddersen
Fräulein Hettich
Karin Baal
Lola's Mother
Ivan Desny
Wittich
Elisabeth Volkmann
Gigi
Hark Bohm
Volker
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Timmerding
Rosel Zech
Frau Schuckert
Sonja Neudorfer
Frau Fink
Christine Kaufmann
Susi
Y Sa Lo
Rosa
Günther Kaufmann
GI
Isolde Barth
Frau Völker
Karsten Peters
Editor
Harry Baer
1st Demonstrator
Rainer Will
2nd Demonstrator
Herbert Steinmetz
Concierge
Nino Korda
TV Delivery Man
Udo Kier
Waiter (uncredited)
Raúl Gimenez
1st Waiter (uncredited)
Andrea Heuer
Librarian (uncredited)
Juliane Lorenz
Saleswoman (uncredited)
Maxim Oswald
Grandfather Berger (uncredited)
Helmut Petigk
Bouncer (uncredited)
Marita Pleyer
Rahel (uncredited)
Ulrike Vigo
Little Marie (uncredited)
Crew
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Line Producer
Pea Fröhlich
Screenplay
Peter Märthesheimer
Screenplay
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Director of Photography
Karin Viesel
Assistant Director
Horst Wendlandt
Producer
Wolf-Dietrich Brücker
Producer
Hanns Eckelkamp
Co-Producer
Thomas Schühly
Line Producer, Production Manager
Helga Fischer
Production Assistant
Nico Brücker
Production Assistant
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Udo Kier
Production Design
Raúl Gimenez
Production Design
Josef Vavra
Assistant Camera
Egon Strasser
Costume Design
Barbara Baum
Costume Design
Edwin Erfmann
Makeup Artist
Anni Nöbauer
Makeup Artist
Hedy Polensky
Makeup Artist
Vladimír Vízner
Sound Designer
Ekkehard Heinrich
Lighting Technician
Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Freddy Quinn
Music
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Dieter Gackstetter
Choreographer
Richard Eglseder
Property Master
Hans Stangl
Property Master
Michael Bohnstengel
Unit Manager
Stephan Pfleger
Unit Manager
Michael McLernon
Unit Manager
Helmut Gassner
Art Direction
Gisela Schneider
Production Secretary
