Heartbreak House: Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy
By September 29, 2003
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Film Info
- Germany
- 1981
- 113 minutes
- Color
- 1.66:1
- German
- Spine #206
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 (Mario Adorf) 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, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
Cast
| Lola | Barbara Sukowa |
| Von Bohm | Armin Mueller-Stahl |
| Schuckert | Mario Adorf |
| Esslin | Matthias Fuchs |
| Mrs. Hettich | Helga Feddersen |
| Lola's mother | Karin Baal |
| Wittich | Ivan Desny |
| Gigi | Elisabeth Volkmann |
| Völker | Hark Bohm |
| Timmerding | Karl-Heinz von Hassel |
| Mrs. Schuckert | Rosel Zech |
| Susi | Christine Kaufmann |
| Rosa | Y Sa Lo |
| G.I. | Günther Kaufmann |
| Mrs. Völker | Isolde Barth |
| Editor | Karsten Peters |
| First demonstrator | Harry Baer |
| Second demonstrator | Rainer Will |
| Mrs. Fink | Sonja Neudorfer |
| TV delivery man | Nino Korda |
| Doorman | Herbert Steinmetz |
Credits
| Producer | Horst Wendlandt |
| Screenplay | Peter Märthesheimer and Pea Fröhlich |
| Music | Peer Raben |
| Cinematography | Xaver Schwarzenberger |
| Production design | Rolf Zehetbauer |
| Art director | Helmut Gassner |
| Film editors | Juliane Lorenz and Franz Walsch |
| Costume designer | Barbara Baum |
| Makeup artists | Anni Nöbauer and Edwin Erfmann |
| Assistant director | Karel Viesel |
| Gaffer | Ekkehard Heinrich |
| Sound | Vladimir Vizner |
| Director | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Audio commentary by Fassbinder documentarian, biographer, and friend Christian Braad Thomsen
- New video interview with Lola star Barbara Sukowa
- New video interview with Fassbinder co-screenwriter Peter Märthesheimer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
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“Have to still see "Lola" and "Veronika Voss", but thought "Maria Braun" was goddamn brilliant.”
