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Released
1981 · FILM

Lola

Runtime
113 min
Language
DE
DramaRomance

Synopsis

Set in Germany in the autumn of 1957, the film follows Lola, a seductive cabaret singer and prostitute who revels in her power over men but seeks escape—she desires money, property, and love. By pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new, upright building commissioner, Lola sets in motion an outrageous plan to elevate her status in a world where everything and everyone has a price. Filmed in vivid, childlike candy colors, the film serves as Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s *The Blue Angel* and stands as a satirical tribute to capitalism.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Rainer Werner FassbinderShot by Xaver SchwarzenbergerScored by Freddy QuinnDesigned by Raul Gimenez

Also known as

  • Lola, une femme allemandefr

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