Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer prostitute (Barbara Sukowa) 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 (Armin Mueller-Stahl), Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism. In German with subtitles.

See the trailer here.