LOLA, one of the last films made by Rainer Werner Fassbinder before his death in 1982 at the age of 36, is one of his most entertaining and stylish films, a BLUE ANGEL-style allegory dealing with personal and political corruption in 1950s Germany, with superb performances by Barbara
Sukowa and Armin Mueller-Stahl.
In a small West German town in the mid-1950s, singer/prostitute Lola (Barbara Sukowa) is the mistress of wealthy and corrupt building contractor Schuckert (Mario Adorf), and also the mother of his illegitimate child. Lola works at Schuckert's nightclub/bordello, which he uses to entertain the
crooked mayor (Hark Bohm) and his city council cronies. Whe...
Released:
1981
Rated:
R
Length:
113 mins