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Lola
Why this pick
Its saturated artifice, postwar milieu and morally compromised characters make a vivid companion to Veronika Voss’s portrait of glamour curdling into corruption.
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MOVIE1982 1h 45m DEU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film is loosely based on the career of actress Sybille Schmitz and is influenced by Billy Wilder’s ''Sunset Boulevard (1950 film)''.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Doris Schade
Josefa
Elisabeth Volkmann
Grete
Günther Kaufmann
Lilo Pempeit
Hans Wyprächtiger
Johanna Hofer
Rudolf Platte
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Max Rehbein