Lola

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Lola

R,

1982,

1h 55m,

Drama

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93%

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Von Bohm (Armin Mueller-Stahl) comes to a city in West Germany to be the new head of building inspection. He is intent on following the letter of the law, even with rapid development and extensive construction activity. Gradually, he becomes enamored with Mary-Louise (Barbara Sukowa), but does not know she is "Lola," a singer at a brothel, until he arrives for an inspection there. Von Bohm also doesn't realize that she is also involved with a rival, the developer Schukert (Mario Adorf).

Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Feb 13, 2021

The self-aware candor of the actors' efforts converges with Fassbinder's cinema of consciousness, not cynical or knowing cinema but a critical one...

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Bruce McCabe

Boston Globe

Apr 27, 2018

"Lola" is indelibly, ineffably Fassbinder, a demanding, compelling film that virtually imposes a reaction on its viewer. To realize that the intelligence behind these images has been stilled is to be truly saddened.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Jan 6, 2004

4/5

A bitter, brisk, sometimes abruptly moving satire about the West German economic 'miracle' of the 50's.

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Michael Bronski

Gay Community News (Boston)

Sep 12, 2022

Fassbinder is still a filmmaker with a vision, but this time around the vision seems a bit tired and worn.

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Ellie Lucas

From the Front Row

Aug 22, 2019

2.5/4

Despite its emulation of classical Hollywood Technicolor, Lola, much like the other films in the trilogy, is often insular and cold, holding the audience at arms length.

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Diego Galán

El Pais (Spain)

Aug 21, 2019

Lola has a basic simplicity that controls Fassbinder's excesses in its mise-en-scène. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Barbara Sukowa

Lola

Armin Mueller-Stahl

von Bohm

Mario Adorf

Herr Schuckert

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Synopsis

Von Bohm (Armin Mueller-Stahl) comes to a city in West Germany to be the new head of building inspection. He is intent on following the letter of the law, even with rapid development and extensive construction activity. Gradually, he becomes enamored with Mary-Louise (Barbara Sukowa), but does not know she is "Lola," a singer at a brothel, until he arrives for an inspection there. Von Bohm also doesn't realize that she is also involved with a rival, the developer Schukert (Mario Adorf).

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Producer: Horst Wendlandt, Hanns Eckelkamp
Screenwriter: Pea Fröhlich, Peter Märthesheimer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Production Co: Trio Film, Rialto Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2020
Runtime: 1h 55m

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