Lola (1981)

REVIEW
Harkening back to his Sirkian melodramatic roots, this bitter satire deals with the mindless greed and corruption which spurred Germany's great economic "miracle" of the 1950s. A retelling and Fassbindering of The Blue Angel, the story centers on a reputable building inspector who falls helplessly in love with Lola, a sultry cabaret singer and moll to the town's unscrupulous kingpin. (German with English subtitles)