A seductive cabaret singer-prostitute pits a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, launching an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything-and everyone-is for sale.
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Awards:
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| Barbara Sukowa | ... |
Lola
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| Armin Mueller-Stahl | ... |
Von Bohm
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| Mario Adorf | ... |
Schuckert
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| Matthias Fuchs | ... |
Esslin
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Helga Feddersen | ... |
Fräulein Hettich
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| Karin Baal | ... |
Lola's Mother
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| Ivan Desny | ... |
Wittich
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| Elisabeth Volkmann | ... |
Gigi
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| Hark Bohm | ... |
Völker
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Karl-Heinz von Hassel | ... |
Timmerding
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| Rosel Zech | ... |
Frau Schuckert
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Sonja Neudorfer | ... |
Frau Fink
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| Christine Kaufmann | ... |
Susi
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Y Sa Lo | ... |
Rosa
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| Günther Kaufmann | ... |
GI
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| Isolde Barth | ... |
Frau Völker
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Karsten Peters | ... |
Editor
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| Harry Baer | ... |
1st demonstrator
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Rainer Will | ... |
2nd demonstrator
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Herbert Steinmetz | ... |
Concierge
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Nino Korda | ... |
TV delivery man
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Raúl Gimenez | ... |
1st waiter (uncredited)
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Andrea Heuer | ... |
Librarian (uncredited)
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| Udo Kier | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Juliane Lorenz | ... |
Saleswoman (uncredited)
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Maxim Oswald | ... |
Grandfather Berger (uncredited)
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Helmut Petigk | ... |
Bouncer (uncredited)
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Marita Pleyer | ... |
Rahel (uncredited)
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Ulrike Vigo | ... |
Little Marie (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ||
Written by
| Pea Fröhlich | ... | (written by) & |
| Peter Märthesheimer | ... | (written by) & |
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ... | (written by) (as R.W. Fassbinder) |
Produced by
| Harry Baer | ... | artistic producer |
| Wolf-Dietrich Brücker | ... | producer: WDR (as Wolf Brücker) |
| Hanns Eckelkamp | ... | co-producer (uncredited) |
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ... | line producer |
| Thomas Schühly | ... | line producer |
| Horst Wendlandt | ... | producer |
Music by
| Freddy Quinn | ||
| Peer Raben | ||
Cinematography by
| Xaver Schwarzenberger | ||
Editing by
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ... | (as Franz Walsch) |
| Juliane Lorenz | ||
Editorial Department
| Angelika Deumling | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
| Raúl Gimenez | ||
| Udo Kier | ||
| Rolf Zehetbauer | ||
Art Direction by
| Helmut Gassner | ||
Costume Design by
| Barbara Baum | ||
| Egon Strasser | ||
Makeup Department
| Edwin Erfmann | ... | makeup artist (as Eddi Erfmann) |
| Anni Nöbauer | ... | makeup artist (as Anna Nöbauer) |
| Hedy Polensky | ... | makeup artist (as Hedi Polensky) |
Production Management
| Michael Bohnstengel | ... | unit manager |
| Michael McLernon | ... | unit manager |
| Stephan Pfleger | ... | unit manager |
| Thomas Schühly | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Karin Viesel | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Richard Eglseder | ... | property master |
| Peter Marklewitz | ... | construction |
| Uwe Ringler | ... | construction |
| Hans Stangl | ... | property master |
Sound Department
| Milan Bor | ... | sound |
| Stanislav Litera | ... | sound assistant (as Stanislaw Litera) |
| Vladimir Vizner | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Ekkehard Heinrich | ... | lighting technician |
| Josef Vavra | ... | assistant camera (as Sepp Vavra) |
| Karl-Heinz Vogelmann | ... | still photographer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Friedel Schröder | ... | wardrobe |
Music Department
| David Ambach | ... | arranger: theme music |
| Jean-Paul-Égide Martini | ... | composer: "plaisir d'amour" |
Script and Continuity Department
| Karin Viesel | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Nico Brücker | ... | production assistant |
| Helga Fischer | ... | production assistant |
| Dieter Gackstetter | ... | choreographer |
| Karsten Peters | ... | publicist |
| Gisela Schneider | ... | production secretary |
| Ursula Wöhrl | ... | cashier |
| Erik Schumann | ... | voice dubbing: Ivan Desny (uncredited) |
| Jean-Étienne Siry | ... | poster designer (uncredited) |
Thanks
| Alexander Kluge | ... | dedicatee |
Production Companies
- Rialto Film (co-production)
- Trio Film (co-production)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (co-production)
Distributors
- Tobis (1981) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- AMLF (1981) (France) (theatrical)
- Filmways Australasian Distributors (1981) (Australia) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Titanus (1981) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Sandrew Film & Teater AB (1981) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Miracle Films (1982) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Kinosto (1982) (Finland) (theatrical)
- United Artists Classics (1982) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Europafilm AS (1982) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Goethe-Institut (1982) (Finland) (VHS)
- René Chateau Video (1982) (France) (VHS) (dubbed version)
- Canal+ (1985) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Universal Pictures (1992) (Germany) (VHS)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1993) (Finland) (tv)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2004) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Dolmen Home Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
- Sherlock Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
- Finnkino (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
- Carlotta Films (2018) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- ARTE (2021) (France) (tv)
- Arthaus (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Atlas Video (West Germany) (VHS)
- Carlotta Films (2018) (France) (Blu-ray)
- Carmen Video (2006) (Russia) (DVD)
- Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (2005) (France) (DVD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- La Sept Video (1994) (France) (VHS) (French subtitles)
- Levné Knihy (2008) (Czechia) (DVD)
- Poletel (Brazil) (VHS)
- Videocast (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Ten years after the war, West Germany's market economy is booming. Into an unnamed city that's rife with corruption comes a new building commissioner, Herr von Bohm, committed to progress but also upright. He's smitten by Marie-Louise, a single mother who's his landlady's daughter. Von Bohm does not realize she is also Lola, a singer at a bordello and the mistress of Schuckert, a local builder whose profits depend on von Bohm's projects. When von Bohm discovers Marie-Louise's real vocation and looks closely at Schuckert's work, will this social satire play out as a remake of "Blue Angel," a visit of Chekhov to West Germany, or an update of Jean Renoir's "Rules of the Game"?
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Box Office
| Budget | DEM3,500,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | 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. See more » |
| Goofs | The photograph above the mayor's desk shows downtown Houston, Texas as it looked in the 1960s. The film is set in the late 1950s. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Großes Herz und große Klappe - Helga Feddersen (2001). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Unter fremden Sternen See more » |
| Quotes |
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. See more » |