Lola (1981)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Lola |
| Original title | Lola |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| script |
Peter Märthesheimer , Pea Fröhlich |
| production | Horst Wendlandt |
| music | Peer ravens |
| camera | Xaver Schwarzenberger |
| cut | Juliane Lorenz |
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Lola is the last film in the FRG trilogy by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder from 1981 .
content
Lola is set in a small town in Bavaria in 1957. The benefices are shared among the city's dignitaries, people work hand in hand for the sake of their own prosperity, and everyone is satisfied. Business matters are discussed between the mayor, the chief of police, the bank manager and the construction engineer Schuckert, preferably in the local brothel, the "Villa Fink", at Schampus. The idyll is suddenly disturbed when a new building department head, Herr von Bohm, takes up his post in the town hall. Correct and incorruptible with iron moral principles, he soon sees through the machinations of the city dignitaries. First of all, careful about cooperation, because the little man also benefits from the "economic miracle", his attitude suddenly changes when his tender love Marie-Luise as Lola, the hottest whore in town and personal property of the building lord Schuckert, is shown to him in the brothel becomes. Completely demoralized and desperate, he collects material against Schuckert in order to destroy him. But nobody wants to change anything in the status quo , not even the press is interested. And in the end, everyone, including von Bohm, is integrated into the system. He gets Lola von Schuckert as hush money, Lola becomes the new boss of the brothel, and the old business is resumed.
Awards
- 1982: Filmband in Gold for Best Male Leading Role ( Armin Mueller-Stahl ) and Best Female Leading Role ( Barbara Sukowa ); Film tape in silver in the category of best feature film
Reviews
“To watch the game of the three protagonists Adorf, Sukowa and Mueller-Stahl is cinematic pleasure at its best. Lola is also characterized by something that cannot be found in any other Fassbinder film - humor. "
"In the guise of a popularly told colportage story, Fassbinder exposes the morals of the 'Adenauer era', although he is not afraid of clichés and garish kitsch. The mannered staging often stands in the way of the satirical intention. (Second part of Fassbinder's 'Economic Miracle Trilogy' and impressive West German debut of GDR actor Armin Mueller-Stahl) "
On the basis of the novel: “He, Fassbinder, could imagine that I would play the other male lead, the building lion Schuckert. Now at that time was Professor refuse one of my dream roles, and I was a little disappointed, I knew Mueller-Stahl little and was obviously convinced that he and I would be a wrong choice of the right for the lead role. So I moaned a little until Berling, who knew the script, winked at me and made me understand that Schuckert was an equally good role, but at least the better, more suitable one for me. He should be right. "(Mario Adorf in DIE ZEIT. No. 13 of March 18, 2004 )
literature
- Wolfgang Gast: Rosa Lola or What did RW Fassbinder's film “Lola” have with H. Mann's novel “Prof. Rubbish ”to do? In: German lessons . See - read - turn. Edition: December, issue 6/2002 . ( pdf, with costs ).
Web links
- Lola in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lola , film and background information, Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, Berlin
- Lola at Filmportal.de
- Detailed film review by Lola Georg Seeßlen, first published by: epd Film 6/92
- Lola Trailer at New-Video.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lola. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 9, 2017 .