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Corruption | Brothel
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. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Starring Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf in the lead roles.
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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. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Starring Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf in the lead roles.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Beste darstellerische Leistung Mnnliche Hauptrolle | 1982 | Armin
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung Weibliche Hauptrolle) | 1982 | Barbara
Outstanding Feature Film Bester Spielfilm | 1982
Best Actress Beste Darstellerin | 1981 | Barbara
Part of the BRD Trilogy along with The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) and Veronika Voss (1982). "BRD" stands for Bundesrepublik Deutschland, the official name of West Germany and of the united contemporary Germany, period in which those three stories takes place.
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #206.
This film has a 100% rating based on 10 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Lola: Did you love your wife very much? Von Bohm: I don't really know, perhaps. I came back from the war, and told myself: That's the woman I really love, otherwise I wouldn't have married her. But I didn't feel love. It was just... like the memory of love... Then she told me there was someone else, and for the first time since being back, I really felt something. Not love, but pain. I was thankful to my wife for teaching me how to feel again, even if it was pain."
"Esslin: [First lines] He who has no house shall not build one. He who is alone shall long remain so... Lola: Why do you only read me sad poems? Esslin: Poetry is always sad. Lola: And why's that? Why can't it be funny for once? Esslin: Because a poem comes from the soul. And the soul is sad. Lola: Is it? And why is that? Nitwit. Esslin: Because the soul knows more than the mind. That's why it's sad. Lola: Strange. For me, it's the other way around. For me, the mind knows more than the soul."
