Red Mercury
2010
Lola
1h 53m 6.9/10
Overview
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.
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Top Billed Cast
Barbara Sukowa
Lola
Mario Adorf
Schuckert
Armin Mueller-Stahl
von Bohm
Matthias Fuchs
Esslin
Karin Baal
Lola's Mother
Helga Feddersen
Fräulein Hettich
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