Lola (1981)
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, art film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 136 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1950s West Germany, a straitlaced building commissioner arrives in a small town and falls for a nightclub singer. His obsession leads to a scandal that threatens his career and reputation.
bittersweetsatiricalmelodramaticslow-burncynicalvisually stylizedmelancholictense
What happens
Lola is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the third in his BRD Trilogy, preceded by The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978) and followed by Veronika Voss (1982). It is a loose adaptation of Heinrich Mann's Professor Unrat (1905), which had previously been adapted for Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel (1930). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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