Movie · 1981
Lola
Released 20 August 1981 113 min Drama More from 1981 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Herbert Steinmetz
as Concierge
Ivan Desny
as Wittich
Helga Feddersen
as Fräulein Hettich
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as von Bohm
Mario Adorf
as Schuckert
Elisabeth Volkmann
as Gigi
Hark Bohm
as Volker
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
as Timmerding
Matthias Fuchs
as Esslin
Rosel Zech
as Frau Schuckert
Karin Baal
as Lola's Mother
Christine Kaufmann
as Susi
Günther Kaufmann
as GI
Harry Baer
as 1st Demonstrator
Isolde Barth
as Frau Völker
Barbara Sukowa
as Lola
Rainer Will
as 2nd Demonstrator
Andrea Heuer
as Librarian (uncredited)
Sonja Neudorfer
as Frau Fink
Y Sa Lo
as Rosa
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The numbers
48years between the oldest and youngest billed
72Herbert Steinmetz — oldest on the call sheet
24Andrea Heuer — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast