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Ten years after the war, West Germanys market economy is booming. Into an unnamed city thats rife with corruption comes a new building commissioner, Herr von Bohm, committed to progress but also upright. Hes smitten by Marie-Louise, a single mother whos his landladys 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 Bohms projects. When von Bohm discovers Marie-Louises real vocation and looks closely at Schuckerts 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 Renoirs "Rules of the Game"?
Its been over ten years since the end of WWII, and the West German economy is booming largely due to reconstruction. Straight-laced, refined, wealthy and regimented von Bohm is hired by Mayor Völker as the new Building Commissioner in his West German city, von Bohm new to the city. Kleinermans, von Bohms predecessor, ran a lax, undisciplined building department, resulting in the major shrewd contractors, especially Schuckert, being able to sneak and bribe their way into building whatever they want. Schuckerts activities are despite Kleinermans and now von Bohms assistant, Esslin, never having agreed with what is happening in the construction business in the city. Usually reserved von Bohm quickly falls for a young woman he meets named Marie-Louise. He is unaware of two fundamental aspects of her being. First, she is the daughter of the faithful Prussian housekeeper he has just hired, Frau Kummer. And second, although being a classically trained singer, Marie-Louise works largely as Lola, a performer at a sleazy cabaret, where the women also ply their trade upstairs at the whorehouse. Most of the bureaucrats and elected officials, including Esslin and Mayor Völker, know Lola as they frequent the cabaret and whorehouse, Esslin who even works as a drummer in the cabarets band. Lola is largely married Schuckerts kept woman, he the biological father of Lolas now adolescent daughter, Marie, of which he is aware. Like most of her fellow whores, Lola doesnt much like her life, she yearning for respectability. She doesnt like false artifice, as she is ashamed of her own double life. As such, Marie-Louise dreams of a life with von Bohm, she and Esslin the only two people who know the entire situation between her and von Bohm. The question becomes what the repercussions are if von Bohm finds out about her life as Lola, those repercussions not only on their relationship but also the nature of the construction business in the city.
Barbara Sukowa
Lola
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Von Bohm
Mario Adorf
Schuckert
Matthias Fuchs
Esslin
Helga Feddersen
Fräulein Hettich
Karin Baal
Lola's Mother
Ivan Desny
Wittich
Elisabeth Volkmann
Gigi
Hark Bohm
Völker
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Timmerding
Rosel Zech
Frau Schuckert
Sonja Neudorfer
Frau Fink
Christine Kaufmann
Susi
Y Sa Lo
Rosa
Günther Kaufmann
GI
Isolde Barth
Frau Völker
Karsten Peters
Editor
Harry Baer
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